|
Outcome
|
Before PTx
|
After PTx
|
Difference
|
Lower CI
|
Upper CI
|
|---|
|
Utilization rate (per person-year)
|
|
Physician office visit
|
10.6
|
9.3
|
-1.3
|
-1.5
|
-1.0
|
|
Dialysis visit
|
147.7
|
142.5
|
-5.2
|
-5.9
|
-4.4
|
|
Hospitalization
|
1.2
|
2.5
|
1.4
|
1.3
|
1.5
|
|
Hospitalization days
|
6.7
|
18.8
|
12.1
|
11.2
|
13.0
|
|
Surgical side effect rate (per 1,000 person-years)
|
|
Hematoma or bleed
|
14.7
|
239.0
|
224.4
|
152.5
|
303.1
|
|
Vocal cord paralysis
|
13.3
|
138.0
|
124.6
|
59.1
|
232.1
|
|
Seroma
|
5.3
|
32.8
|
27.4
|
0.4
|
59.0
|
|
Wound infection
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
- Note: “Before” and “After” refer to the 12-month periods before and after parathyroidectomy (PTx) for utilization, and the 90-day periods before and after PTx for surgical side effects. CI = confidence interval
