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