PMID- 34331840 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220128 LR - 20220317 IS - 1463-1318 (Electronic) IS - 1462-8910 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 11 DP - 2021 Nov TI - A semi-Markov model comparing the lifetime cost-effectiveness of mesh prophylaxis to prevent parastomal hernia in patients undergoing end colostomy creation for rectal cancer. PG - 2967-2979 LID - 10.1111/codi.15848 [doi] AB - AIM: Parastomal hernia (PSH) is a common problem following colostomy. Using prophylactic mesh during end colostomy creation may reduce PSH incidence, but concerns exist regarding the optimal type of mesh, potential long-term complications, and cost-effectiveness of its use. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of mesh prophylaxis to prevent PSH in patients undergoing end colostomy creation for rectal cancer. METHODS: We developed a decision-analytical model, stratified by rectal cancer stages I-IV, to estimate the lifetime costs, quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) and net monetary benefits (NMBs) of synthetic, biologic and no mesh from a UK NHS perspective. We pooled the mesh-related relative risks of PSH from 13 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and superimposed these on the baseline (no mesh) risk from a population-based cohort. Uncertainty was assessed in sensitivity analyses. RESULTS: Synthetic mesh was less costly and more effective than biologic and no mesh to prevent PSH for all rectal cancer stages. At the willingness-to-pay threshold of pound20,000/QALY, the incremental NMBs (95% CI) ranged between pound1,706 ( pound1,692 to pound1,720) (stage I) and pound684 ( pound678 to pound690) (stage IV) for synthetic versus no mesh, and pound2,038 ( pound1,997 to pound2,079) (stage I) and pound1,671 ( pound1,653 to pound1,689) (stage IV) for synthetic versus biologic mesh. Synthetic mesh was more cost-effective than no mesh unless the relative risk of PSH was >/=0.95 for stages I-III and >/=0.93 for stage IV. [Correction added on 05 October 2021 after first online publication: The estimation of health outcomes (QALYs) for all three interventions evaluated (synthetic mesh; biologic mesh; no mesh) have been corrected in this version.] CONCLUSIONS: Synthetic mesh was the most cost-effective strategy to prevent the formation of PSH in patients after end colostomy for any rectal cancer stage; however, conclusions are dependent on which subset of RCTs are considered to provide the most robust evidence. CI - (c) 2021 The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland. FAU - Mohiuddin, Syed AU - Mohiuddin S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4585-3392 AD - Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. FAU - Reeves, Barnaby C AU - Reeves BC AD - Bristol Trials Centre (CTEU), Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. FAU - Smart, Neil J AU - Smart NJ AD - Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK. FAU - Hollingworth, William AU - Hollingworth W AD - Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. CN - CIPHER study group LA - eng GR - MR/K025643/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - 14/166/01/Health Technology Assessment Programme/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210812 PL - England TA - Colorectal Dis JT - Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland JID - 100883611 SB - IM MH - Colostomy MH - Cost-Benefit Analysis MH - *Hernia, Ventral MH - Humans MH - *Rectal Neoplasms/surgery MH - Surgical Mesh MH - *Surgical Stomas/adverse effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - Markov model OT - biologic mesh OT - cost-effectiveness OT - parastomal hernia OT - stoma OT - synthetic mesh FIR - Blazeby, Jane IR - Blazeby J FIR - Rogers, Chris IR - Rogers C FIR - Pinkney, Thomas IR - Pinkney T FIR - Blencowe, Natalie IR - Blencowe N FIR - Callaway, Mark IR - Callaway M FIR - Daniels, Ian IR - Daniels I FIR - Gunning, Amanda IR - Gunning A FIR - McNair, Angus IR - McNair A FIR - Tabusa, Hana IR - Tabusa H FIR - Murkin, Charlotte IR - Murkin C EDAT- 2021/08/01 06:00 MHDA- 2022/01/29 06:00 CRDT- 2021/07/31 17:07 PHST- 2021/07/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/06/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/07/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/08/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/01/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/07/31 17:07 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/codi.15848 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Colorectal Dis. 2021 Nov;23(11):2967-2979. doi: 10.1111/codi.15848. Epub 2021 Aug 12.