Cervical Disc Disease Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 1 Supplementary Tables: 2 Table S1: Clinical Series Used in the Analysis 1st Author Abd-Alrahman N1 Acikbas CS2 Anderson P3 Balabhadra RS4 Bärlocher CB5 Bertagnoli R6 Bertalanffy H7 Bhadra AK8 Bishop RC9 Brenke C10 Brigham CD11 Brooke NS12 Bryan disc FDA exemption trial Burkus13 Cao JM14 Cappelletto B15 Chen F16 Chen JF17 Chung SB18 Cinotti G19 Coric D20 Cuatico W Dan NG22 Davis23 de Tribolet N24 Year Published 1999 1999 2010 2008 2004 2002 2002 2002 2005 1988 2009 2009 2009 1996 1996 2012 1995 1997 . 2010 2010 2011 2013 2013 2005 2012 1996 2011 2011 198121 1998 2013 1981 # of cases operated 50 40 32 . 98 30 36 33 27 450 15 30 15 60 32 22 43 19 221 Study type NRC NRC Ret RCT Ret RCT RCT RCT Ret Ret NRC NRC NRC NRC NRC RCT Ret Ret RCT Procedure Auto ACD ACD Allo, CDR Allo Auto Spacer ACD CDR ACD Auto Spacer CDR Auto Allo CDR Auto Auto Allo 242 265 276 29 84 31 63 29 46 133 136 81 476 . 17 RCT RCT RCT RCT NRC Ret Ret RCT Ret RCT RCT Ret Ret RCT Ret CDR Allo CDR CDR CDR CDR Spacer CDR CDR Allo CDR ACD ACD Auto, CDR See Mobi-C ACD 1 Notes See Bryan disc See Heller JG 2009, Anderson PA 2008, Sasso RC 2011 Cervical Disc Disease Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Debusscher F25 Delamarter RB26 Ding C27 Donaldson JW28 Dowd GC29 Duggal N30 Enan A31 Erickson M32 Faldini C33 Feiz-Erfan I34 Fengbin Y35 Fernández-Fairen M36 Frempong-Boadu A37 Gaetani P38 Ghahreman A39 Goffin J40 Goldberg EJ41 Grob D42 Guérin P43 Hacker FM44 Hacker RJ45 Haden N46 Hauerberg J47 Heidecke V48 Heller JG49 Huppert J50 Husag L51 Jensen WK52 Kaiser MG53 Kasliwal MK54 Kepler CK55 Kesman T56 Kim SH57 Kim SJ58 2009 2013 2012 2002 1999 1999 2004 2011 2007 2011 2007 2013 2012 2012 20 239 32 64 44 40 26 14 56 25 21 58 33 28 Pro RCT Ret Ret RCT RCT Pro Pro Pro Ret Pro Ret NRC NRC Spacer CDR CDR ACD ACD, ACDF CDR CDR Auto Spacer Allo Spacer Auto Spacer 2002 1995 2009 2010 2002 2010 2012 2013 2005 2005 2005 2008 2008 2008 2009 2011 1997 2009 2002 2014 2010 2012 2012 2007 2014 23 139 55 98 30 73 40 94 119 271 105 40 46 54 . 231 240 91 251 35 20 22 22 23 48 Pro Ret Pro Ret Ret Pro Ret Ret RCT RCT NRC RCT RCT Pro RCT Pro NRC Ret Ret Ret Ret RCT RCT Ret NRC Allo ACD Auto CDR Auto CDR CDR CDR Auto Spacer ACD Spacer ACD CDR Allo, CDR CDR ACD Allo Allo Spacer Spacer CDR ACDF CDR Auto 2 See Bryan disc Cervical Disc Disease Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 2014 2005 2010 2013 2013 2008 1998 2003 2007 2007 2000 2000 48 46 48 55 23 240 42 34 12 12 15 14 NRC Pro Ret Pro Pro Pro Ret Ret RCT RCT NRC NRC Spacer CDR CDR CDR Spacer Auto ACD Spacer Auto Spacer Auto Allo 1998 1980 2011 2011 2013 1999 1997 2010 2010 2006 2002 34 128 85 85 24 317 40 148 151 36 250 Ret Ret NRC NRC Pro Ret NRC RCT RCT Ret Ret Auto ACD Spacer CDR CDR Allo ACD Allo CDR Spacer Spacer 1999 2010 2010 2006 2013 80 100 151 54 79 Ret RCT RCT Ret Pro ACD Allo CDR CDR CDR 164 RCT CDR Nabhan A84 2004 2004 2007 2009 2007 2007 81 28 37 . . 21 20 RCT NRC NRC RCT RCT RCT RCT Nabhan A85 2009 40 RCT Lafuente J Lee JH60 Li J61 Li Y62 Lied B63 Lieu A64 Lin CN65 59 Lind BI66 Löfgren H67 López-Oliva Muñoz F68 Lunsford LD69 Maldonado CV70 Malham G71 Martin GJ Jr72 Martino V73 Marzluff J74 Mastronardi L75 Matge G76 Maurice-Williams RS77 McAfee PC78 Mehren C79 Miao J80 Mobi-C device FDA exemption trial 81 Moreland DB Mummaneni82 Murrey83 3 See Singh K 2012; Auto Davis RJ 2013 Allo Spacer Allo, CDR See Prestige disc Auto, CDR See ProDisc Spacer CDR ACDF w/wo plate Cervical Disc Disease Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Nanda A86 Nandoe Tewarie RDS87 Niu CC88 2013 1026 Ret Allo 2007 2010 456 53 Ret Pro Nunley PD 2012 173 RCT Nunley PD90 Oktenoglu T91 Palma L92 Pan HC93 Park HW94 Park MS95 2013 2007 2010 2007 2009 2004 2012 2012 2006 2006 2011 2007 2007 2010 2010 2013 2013 2006 2007 2009 1995 2004 2004 763 20 110 21 31 26 18 15 12 24 40 46 49 31 30 185 218 74 71 132 68 28 27 RCT NRC Ret Ret Pro Ret NRC NRC NRC NRC Pro RCT RCT RCT RCT RCT RCT Pro Pro Pro Ret RCT RCT ACD Spacer ACDF, CDR ACDF, CDR ACD ACD Auto Spacer Allo Spacer CDR Auto Spacer CDR Auto Spacer Allo CDR Allo CDR CDR CDR Auto ACD Auto CDR 265 RCT Allo 276 RCT CDR 106 103 58 62 21 38 45 RCT RCT NRC NRC Pro Ret Pro Auto CDR Auto Spacer CDR ACD CDR 89 Park SB96 Payer M97 Peng CW98 Peolsson A99 Pettine KA100 Phillips FM101 Pickett GE102 Pimenta L103 Pitzen TR104 Pointillart V105 Porchet F106 Prestige disc FDA exemption trial ProDisc FDA exemption trial 107 Profeta G Quan GM108 Rao PJ109 Ren X110 2000 2000 2011 2008 2011 4 Review of multiple RCTs Review of multiple RCTs See Mummaneni PV 2007, Burkus JK 2010 See Murrey D 2009, Delamarter RB 2013 Cervical Disc Disease Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 111 Riina J Robertson JT112 Robertson JT113 Rohe SM114 Rollinghoff M115 Ruetten S116 Ryu KS117 Sasso RC118 Savolainen S119 Schluessmann E120 121 Sekerci Z122 Sekhon LH123 Shad A124 Shapiro S125 Shim CS126 Singh127 Song KJ128 Song KJ129 Suchomel P130 Thorell W131 Tian W132 Trahan J133 Tu TH134 Türeyen K135 Tzaan W136 Vaccaro A137 Walraevens J138 Wang MY139 Wang X140 2008 2008 1980 2005 2005 2009 2012 2012 2009 2010 2011 2011 1998 1998 2010 2006 2006 2004 2005 2001 2001 2006 2012 2006 2006 2010 2010 1998 1998 2010 2011 2012 2003 2011 2013 2013 2010 2005 2009 9 10 135 158 74 54 23 19 103 36 138 181 91 31 691 54 20 11 22 111 142 61 . 41 19 41 54 235 290 50 38 75 43 94 140 240 87 20 64 RCT RCT NRC NRC NRC Pro NRC NRC Pro Pro RCT RCT RCT RCT Pro Ret Pro Ret Pro NRC NRC Ret Ret NRC NRC Pro Ret Ret Ret Pro Ret Ret Ret Pro RCT RCT Pro Ret Ret 5 Allo CDR ACD Spacer CDR Spacer Spacer CDR Auto CDR Allo CDR Auto ACD CDR Spacer Spacer CDR Spacer Auto Allo CDR Auto, CDR See Mobi-C Auto Spacer Spacer CDR Auto ACD CDR Allo CDR Spacer ACD Allo CDR CDR Auto Spacer Cervical Disc Disease Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Watters WC141 White BD142 3 1994 62 Ret ACD 2005 87 Ret ACD 2000 25 RCT ACD 143 Wirth FP 2000 25 RCT Auto 144 Wu JC 2012 42 Ret CDR 2007 15 RCT ACD 145 Xie J 2007 27 RCT allo 146 Yamamoto I 1991 55 Ret ACD 147 Yang S 2008 19 Pro CDR 148 Yang YC 2009 15 Ret CDR 149 Yoon DH 2006 46 Ret CDR 150 Yue WM 2003 15 Ret Allo 2013 24 Ret Auto 151 Zagra A 2013 62 Ret Spacer 2002 18 NRC Auto 152 Zevgaridis D 2002 18 NRC Spacer 2012 53 RCT Allo 153 Zhang X 2012 56 RCT CDR 154 Zhang Z 2014 66 Pro CDR 155 Zhao YB 2010 22 Ret CDR 156 Zoëga B 1998 27 Pro Auto Abbreviations: Study types – NRC = non-randomized case-control trial; Pro = observational with 4 prospective data collection; RCT = randomized, controlled trial; Ret = retrospective data 5 collection; Procedures – ACD = anterior cervical discectomy without fusion; Allo = anterior 6 cervical discectomy with allograft fusion; Auto = anterior cervical discectomy with autograft 7 fusion; CDR = cervical disc replacement; Spacer = anterior cervical discectomy with fusion 8 using a cage or other spacer device 6 Cervical Disc Disease Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 9 Table S2: Total* Expected Costs Associated with Different Surgeries and Outcomes First Operation Autograft Average case No complications Complications Allograft Average case No complications Complications Spacer Average case No complications Complications CDR Average case No complications Complications ACD Average case No complications Complications Reoperation, adjacent level (includes those with and without complications) CDR – same as 1st CDR operation All others – same as 1st allograft operation Mean ($US) SD 18,948 17,916 24,548 298 - 18,493 18,197 24,548 238 - 18,068 17,802 24,434 226 - 19,218 18,940 24,447 278 - 16,030 15,722 22,354 217 - Costs added to those of first operation 19,218 278 18,493 238 10 Reoperation, same level (includes Costs added to those of first additional surgeon-related costs related to operation st reversing/revising 1 procedure) CDR 2007 151 All others 2889 177 * = surgeon-, facility-, implant- and outpatient follow-up-related costs; 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