Laparoscopic surgeries 2017 to date by department (FOI)

​​Request

Please advise how many laparoscopic surgeries were done at the general hospital from January 2017 to February 2024 in the following departments:

• Ears Nose and Throat 
  
• Gastroenterology
• General Surgery 
• Gynaecology
• Ophthalmology 
  
• Oral Surgery
• Orthopaedics
• Pain 
• Urology

Please break the 2017 to 2023 data down by year, and the 2024 data down by month.

Response

Figures for elective public laparoscopic procedures completed at Jersey General Hospital by specialty each year, from 2017 to 2023, are detailed in Table 1 of the attached document. Figures for January 2024 and February 2024 are detailed in Table 2 of the attached. 

Table Attachment.pdf​

Cases meeting the criteria for inclusion have been identified by the procedure codes assigned to the episode of care in the Electronic Patient Record. Multiple codes may be assigned for laparoscopic procedures. Each admission is counted once only, even where multiple codes have been assigned to a patient in an admission. Where Clinical Coding is incomplete, Theatre code assignment has been utilised, and the data reconciled to mitigate against erroneous code attribution in specialties where minimal access procedures would not employ a laparoscopic approach.

Due to small numbers, with the exception of Gynaecology and General Surgery, all other laparoscopic procedures identified (including those performed under a specialty not specified in the request) have been categorised under ‘Other Specialty’ to protect individuals from identification, and Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

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