Inpatient Surgery
(Data are for the U.S.)
- Total number of procedures performed: 46 million
- Number of selected procedures performed:
- Arteriography and angiocardiography using contrast material: 1.7 million
- Cardiac catheterizations: 1.1 million
- Endoscopy of small intestine with or without biopsy: 1.0 million
- Endoscopy of large intestine with or without biopsy: 522,000
- Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans):740,000
- Diagnostic ultrasound: 888,000
- Balloon angioplasty of coronary artery or coronary atherectomy: 661,000
- Hysterectomy: 569,000
- Cesarean section:1.3 million
- Reduction of fracture: 627,000
- Insertion of coronary artery stent: 652,000
- Coronary artery bypass graft: 444,000
- Total knee replacement: 542,000
- Total hip replacement: 231,000
Source: 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey, Table 8
More data
- Discharges with at least one procedure in non-federal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected procedures, 1990-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 105
- Rate of all-listed procedures for discharges from short-stay hospitals by procedure category and age 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey, Table 9
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