Inpatient Procedures (Data are for year indicated) Total number of procedures performed: 44.9 million Number of selected procedures performed: Arteriography and angiocardiography using contrast material: 2.0 million Cardiac catheterizations: 1.2 million Endoscopy of small intestine with or without biopsy: 1.1 million Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans): 811,000 Diagnostic ultrasound: 884,000 Balloon angioplasty of coronary artery or coronary atherectomy: 645,000 Hysterectomy: 575,000 Reduction of fracture: 621,000 Endoscopy of large intestine with or without biopsy: 556,000 Insertion of coronary artery stents: 620,000 Coronary artery bypass graft: 466,000 Total knee replacement: 534,000 Total hip replacement: 235,000 Source: 2005 National Hospital Discharge Survey, Tables 1, 4, 8 More data Discharges with at least one procedure in non-federal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected procedures, 1994-1995 and 2004-2005 Health United States, 2007, Table 102 Rate of all-listed procedures for discharges from short-stay hospitals by procedure category and age 2005 National Hospital Discharge Survey, Table 9 Related links National Hospital Discharge Survey
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