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Purpose Of The Study: To compare the Coblation technology Vs standard diathermy regarding surgical time &
cost in arthroscopic subacromial decompression.
Methods &
Results: This prospective randomized comparative study between Coblation technology Vs standard monopolar diathermy in ASD. 40 patients with chronic impingement syndrome prospectively randomized 20 patients in each group. Procedure time &
cost per case were accurately calculated. Results show that the Coblation group had an average 8 minutes shorter procedure time per case P value: 0.0001. The cost saving as a result was about £64 per case P value: 0.01
Conclusion: Use of Coblation technology for soft tissue debridement &
resection in ASD reduces procedure time by 38% and the cost by an average of 18% per case (£64) compared with the use of a shaver and diathermy probe.