FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/00920
- Request Date
- April 22, 2016
- Subject
- Maxillo-Facial Procedures
- Description
I am looking for information relating to any operations carried out that were concerned with Maxillofacial with particular emphasis on double jaw surgery, mandibular correction surgery.
I am looking for the info that relates to the years of January 2012 to December 2015 inclusive and that shows how many operations were conducted, how many were successful and how many were involved with complications such as stroke etc.
- Response
There were 14 procedures done at Blackpool Victoria Hospital between January 2012 and December 2015.
The OPCS codes below were used to extract the information:
V12.3 Transcranial repair of craniofacial cleft and reconstruction of cranial and facial bones HFQ
V12.4 Subcranial repair of craniofacial cleft and reconstruction of cranial and facial bones HFQ
V12.5 Reconstruction of skull NEC V12.8 Other specified operations on bones of skull V12.9 Unspecified operations on bones of skull V13.1 Reconstruction of bone of face V13.2 Alveolar bone graft to maxilla V13.4 Bipartition of facial bones and maxilla V13.8 Other specified other operations on bone of face V13.9 Unspecified other operations on bone of face V14.1 Hemimandibulectomy V14.2 Extensive excision of mandible NEC V14.3 Partial excision of mandible NEC V14.4 Excision of lesion of mandible V14.8 Other specified excision of mandible V14.9 Unspecified excision of mandible V16.1 Osteotomy of mandible and advancement of mandible V16.2 Osteotomy of mandible and retrusion of mandible V16.3 Osteotomy of alveolar segment of mandible V16.8 Other specified division of mandible V16.9 Unspecified division of mandible V17 Fixation of mandible V17.1 Intermaxillary fixation of mandible V17.2 Internal fixation of mandible NEC V17.3 Extraoral fixation of mandible V17.8 Other specified fixation of mandible V17.9 Unspecified fixation of mandible Our system does not record whether an operation was successful or if there were post-operative complications.