Reconstructive Procedures - Trends: 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998

RECONSTRUCTIVE PROCEDURES - TRENDS: 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998
1998 PLASTIC SURGERY PROCEDURAL STATISTICS
	TOTAL	TOTAL	TOTAL	TOTAL	PERCENT CHANGE	PERCENT CHANGE
	1992*	1996	1997	1998	1992 VS. 1998	1996 VS. 1998
Birth Defects	33,501	29,214	34,587	22,457	-33%	-23%
Breast Reconstruction	29,607	42,454	50,337	69,683	135%	64%
Breast Reduction	39,639	57,679	64,620	70,358	77%	22%
Burn Care	17,552	25,177		27,875	59%	11%
Animal Bites	10,376	12,366		10,152	-2%	-18%
Hand	138,233	153,581	137,040	160,671	16%	5%
Lacerations	135,494	115,998	104,584	72,818	-46%	-37%
Maxillofacial	22,095	28,338		22,516	2%	-21%
Microsurgical (other than breast)	19,405	21,337		24,573	27%	15%
Scar Revision	52,647	50,952		47,100	-11%	-8%
Subcutaneous Mastectomy	2,458	1,766		1,500	-39%	-15%
Tumor Removal	502,567	542,063	563,059	509,457	1%	-6%
Breast Implant Removals (Reconstructive Patients)	7,379	11,366		11,419	55%	0%
All other reconstructive procedures	116,737	146,470		116,620	0%	-20%
All other reconstructive endoscopic	N/A	2,214		2,235	N/A	1%
Total Reconstructive	1,127,890	1,240,973		1,169,434	4%	-6%
Total Reconstructive
(6 procedures reported in 1997)			954,227
* The 1992 Procedural Statistics have been adjusted to incorporate breast implant removals for purposes of comparison with 1996 statistics, when the procedure was incorporated as a part of the total

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