Increasing diagnosis and surgery for Dupuytren’s
disease
We here describe in detail the results of our analysis of
Dupuytren’s Disease, presenting only summary results for
the other conditions. Full data for these conditions is
available in the Supplementary data.
The number of diagnoses of Dupuytren’s disease is
increasing; the greatest number of diagnoses is in the
60e74 age group (Figure 2). The fastest rate of growth is
also in the 60e74 age group (slope mean 266.79, 95% CI
238.28e295.29). The rate of diagnosis of Dupuytren’s disease
per person in the population has also increased between
1998 and 2011, in the 60e74 age group and the 75
and over age group (see Supplementary data).
Current trends in operative procedures for Dupuytren’s
disease closely mirror the diagnoses; the 60e74 age group
require the greatest number of operations for Dupuytren’s
disease per person of population and this is predicted to
continue to 2030 (Figure 3). Again, the fastest rate of
growth of operations is also seen in the 60e74 age group
(slope mean 246.70, CI’s 213.52e279.88).