Surgical treatment of Dupuytren’s disease – outcome and health economy in relation to smoking and diabetes

Table 3 Costs for treatment in 182 open surgical procedures for finger flexion contracture in Dupuytren’s disease

	All surgeries (n = 182)	Non-smokers^a(n = 152)	Smokers^a(n = 27)	p-value	Subjects without diabetes^b(n = 161)	Subjects with diabetes^b(n = 20)	p-value
Duration of operation (min)	77 [56-102]	74 [56-103]	86 [55-108]	0.22	79 [57-102]	68 [52-101]	0.28
Appointments with the surgeon (numbers)	3 [2-4]	3 [2-4]	3 [2-3]	1.00	3 [2-4]	2 [2-3]	0.18
Appointments with hand therapist (numbers)	2.5 [0-5]	2 [0-5]	3 [0-5.5]	0.32	2 [0-5]	3 [0-4.3]	0.95
Appointments with nurse (numbers)	1 [0-1]	1 [0-1]	1 [0.3-1]	0.33	1 [0-1]	1 [0.3-1]	0.27
Sick leave (days) ¹	28 [21-31]	28 [21-31]	28 [21-37]	0.94	28 [21-31]	30 [28-34]	0.27
Duration of hospital stay (days) ²	2 [1-2.3]	2 [2-3]	1 [1-1]	0.01	2 [2-3]	1 [1-1.8]	0.11

Values are median [25% - 75% percentiles]. ^aInformation about smoking was lacking in three patients. ^bInformation about glucose status was lacking in one patient.
¹Only from those procedures when subjects were sick listed.
²Only for those procedures when the subject was admitted to a ward.

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