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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 2B2 Selected operations 1,2, 1991 to 1996/97 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995/96 |
1996/97 3 |
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| All operations | 547,808 |
612,530 |
695,394 |
746,503 |
795,007 |
827,950 |
| Removal of thyroid | 888 |
955 |
940 |
930 |
894 |
1,023 |
| Operations on eye muscles | 2,452 |
2,448 |
2,275 |
2,258 |
2,016 |
1,817 |
| Operations for cataract | 11,125 |
12,925 |
14,657 |
16,022 |
18,475 |
18,438 |
| Removal of tonsils and adenoids | 11,849 |
12,028 |
12,388 |
11,614 |
11,318 |
10,733 |
| Heart valves | 615 |
718 |
756 |
757 |
717 |
753 |
| Heart bypass | 2,661 |
3,326 |
3,600 |
3,867 |
4,390 |
4,390 |
| Partial or complete removal of breast | 5,528 |
5,621 |
5,590 |
6,068 |
6,383 |
5,943 |
| Repair of groin hernias | 10,283 |
10,301 |
10,976 |
11,544 |
11,242 |
11,184 |
| Removal of appendix | 5,206 |
5,053 |
4,921 |
4,759 |
4,745 |
4,608 |
| Operations on haemorrhoids | 3,751 |
4,009 |
4,235 |
4,305 |
4,143 |
4,029 |
| Removal of gallbladder 4 | 3,260 |
4,760 |
5,299 |
5,290 |
5,354 |
5,400 |
| Removal of prostate | 5,756 |
5,968 |
6,025 |
6,316 |
5,832 |
5,104 |
| Removal of uterus | 6,467 |
6,598 |
6,827 |
6,988 |
6,955 |
6,427 |
| Operations on cervix | 15,202 |
14,285 |
11,984 |
10,589 |
9,806 |
8,791 |
| Total hip joint replacement | 3,747 |
3,850 |
3,891 |
4,279 |
4,727 |
4,642 |
| Operations on knee cartilage | 2,477 |
2,701 |
2,880 |
3,125 |
2,991 |
3,386 |
| Operations on varicose veins | 9,532 |
10,833 |
10,795 |
12,117 |
13,296 |
12,294 |
Source: ISD Scotland, Common Services Agency |
| 1 Inpatient & day case operations/procedures in non-obstetric & non-psychiatric specialties. |
| Also excluded are the specialties of SCBU & geriatric long stay. |
| 2 Includes any secondary operations during the same episode of care. |
| 3 Provisional. |
| 4 Prior to the year ended 31 March 1995 information on cholecystectomies refers only to open operations. |
| From the year ended 31 March 1995 laparoscopic operations are included. |
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