Table 3 Length of hospital stay and proportion of primary cleft repairs performed at the recommended age
Year of birth | Primary lip repairs | Primary palate repairs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of repairs | Mean (SD) length of stay (days)* | % performed at age 3–6 months | Number of repairs | Mean (SD) length of stay (days)§ | % performed at age 6–24 months | |
Pre-CSAG | ||||||
1997-1998a | 574 | 3.8 (2.3) | 46.9 | 797 | 3.8 (2.1) | 69.4 |
Post-CSAG | ||||||
1999–2000 | 669 | 3.4 (2.5) | 49.8 | 897 | 3.7 (1.7) | 71.2 |
2001–2002 | 695 | 3.3 (2.6) | 54.1 | 866 | 3.6 (1.8) | 74.9 |
2003–2004 | 731 | 3.1 (1.6) | 66.4 | 875 | 3.4 (2.0) | 75.7 |
2005–2006 | 683 | 2.6 (1.4) | 75.0 | 854 | 3.0 (1.4) | 83.5 |
2007–2008 | 744 | 2.0 (1.2) | 74.6 | 777 | 2.5 (1.4) | 86.1 |
All | 4096 | 3.0 (2.1) | 61.8 | 5066 | 3.3 (1.8) | 76.7 |