EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system for long bone fractures with non-union or delayed healing

The case for adopting the EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system to treat long bone fractures with non-union (failure to heal after 9 months) is supported by the clinical evidence, which shows high rates of fracture healing.

The EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system to treat long bone fractures with non-union is associated with an estimated cost saving of £2,407 per patient compared with current management, through avoiding surgery. [2019]

There is some radiological evidence of improved healing when the EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system is used for long bone fractures with delayed healing (no radiological evidence of healing after approximately 3 months). There are substantial uncertainties about the rate at which bone healing progresses without adjunctive treatment between 3 and 9 months after fracture, and about whether or not surgery would be necessary. These uncertainties result in a range of cost consequences, some cost saving and others that are more costly than current management (see sections 5.12, 5.19 and 5.26 on cost considerations).