Table 1.
Summary of Dupuytren's contracture procedures for day-case admissions by OPCS code and year
| OPCS | Description | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Fasciectomy | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| T521 | Palmar Fasciectomy | 4,722 | 88.8 | 5,021 | 88.2 | 5,701 | 88.9 | 6,736 | 87.2 | 5,888 | 71.2 |
| T525 | Digital Fasciectomy | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1307 | 15.8 |
| T528 | Other specified excision of other fascia | 39 | 0.7 | 50 | 0.9 | 79 | 1.2 | 146 | 1.9 | 30 | 0.4 |
| T529 | Unspecified excision of other fascia | 63 | 1.2 | 89 | 1.6 | 90 | 1.4 | 130 | 1.7 | 54 | 0.7 |
| Total | 4824 | 90.7 | 5160 | 90.7 | 5870 | 91.5 | 7012 | 90.7 | 7279 | 88.0 | |
| Revision of Fasciectomy | |||||||||||
| T522 | Revision of Palmar Fasciectomy | 176 | 3.3 | 189 | 3.3 | 213 | 3.3 | 320 | 4.1 | 322 | 3.9 |
| T526 | Revision of Digital Fasciectomy | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 90 | 1.1 |
| Total | 176 | 3.3 | 189 | 3.3 | 213 | 3.3 | 320 | 4.1 | 412 | 5.0 | |
| Fasciotomy | |||||||||||
| T541 | Division of Palmar Fascia | 264 | 5.0 | 298 | 5.2 | 272 | 4.2 | 330 | 4.3 | 352 | 4.3 |
| Dermofasciectomy | |||||||||||
| T561 | Dermofasciectomy | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 134 | 1.6 |
| Amputations | |||||||||||
| X083 | Amputation of phalanx of finger | 10 | 0.2 | 7 | 0.1 | 18 | 0.3 | 20 | 0.3 | 28 | 0.3 |
| X084 | Amputation of finger NEC | 43 | 0.8 | 35 | 0.6 | 38 | 0.6 | 45 | 0.6 | 64 | 0.8 |
| X088 | Other specified amputation of hand | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 55 | 1.0 | 43 | 0.8 | 57 | 0.9 | 66 | 0.9 | 92 | 1.1 | |
| Grand Total | 5,319 | 5,690 | 6,412 | 7,728 | 8,269 | ||||||