CORPORATE OFFICE
Level 2, H Block
The Princess Margaret Hospital
Telephone: 0064 3 364 4160
Cashmere Road
Fax: 0064 3 364 4101
CHRISTCHURCH
[email address]
7 March 2014
Mr Dave Body
Email: [email address]
Dear Mr Body
Official Information Act request
We refer to your request dated 2 February 2014 and received in this office on
3 February 2014 under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) requesting information as
follows.
1. The total number of hemipelvectomies performed by the CDHB over the last
5 year
(i) the total cost of those surgeries; and
(ii) the total rehabilitation costs to date associated with those surgeries
2. The total number of pelvic restoration surgeries performed by the CDHB over
the last 5 years (for example due to osteosarcoma, motor vehicle accident
trauma and the like) where those surgeries used custom implants
(i) the total cost of those surgeries; and
(ii) the total cost of the custom implants used in those surgeries
3. The total number of:
(i) spinal fusions; and
(ii) spinal fusions using anterior lumbar inter-body fusion (ALIF) devices for
each of the last 5 years by the CDHB; and
(iii) the total cost of those surgeries for each year and (iv) the total cost of
the ALIF devices for each year
Please find the information requested in appendix one, table one attached.
Yours sincerely
Carolyn Gullery
General Manager
Planning & Funding