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. 2009 Jan 27;467(5):1171–1179. doi: 10.1007/s11999-008-0674-9

Table 3.

Comparisons to US cost (cost of treating these cohorts in the United States)

Foot, treatment Average clinic costs (per foot) p value (between cohorts) Average primary surgery costs (per foot) p value Average secondary surgical costs (per foot) p value Average total treatment p value
Unilateral, Ponseti 3616 ± 886 0.7 1690 ± 1820 0.01 0 4956 ± 1551 0.02
Unilateral, surgical 3403 ± 778 8264 ± 4547 0 11,667 ± 5018
Unilateral with recurrence, Ponseti 3771 ± 867 0.2 1266 ± 1634 < 0.001 13,055 ± 2155 0.2 14,945 ± 4479 0.007
Unilateral with recurrence, surgical 4670 ± 771 12,320 ± 1761 10,432 ± 2889 27,422 ± 1897
Bilateral, Ponseti 4762 ± 920 (2381 ± 460) < 0.001 4934 ± 429 (2476 ± 215) < 0.001 0 9696 ± 950 (4848 ± 475) < 0.001
Bilateral, surgical 8242 ± 1960 (4121 ± 980) 19,746 ± 4761 (9873 ± 2380) 0 27,988 ± 5961 (13,994 ± 2980)
Bilateral with recurrence, Ponseti 4858 ± 815 (2429 ± 408) < 0.001 3986 ± 2335 (1993 ± 1167) < 0.001 24,156 ± 14,735 (12,078 ± 7368) 0.48 33,000 ± 13,907 (16,500 ± 6953) 0.09
Bilateral with recurrence, surgical 7966 ± 1086 (3983 ± 543) 20,595 ± 1776 (10,297 ± 888) 18,612 ± 10,215 (9306 ± 5107) 47,173.1 ± 10,904 (23,587 ± 5452)