Inpatient Surgery (Data are for U.S. for 2002) Total number of procedures performed: 42.5 million Number of selected procedures performed: Arteriography and angiocardiography using contrast material: 2.0 million Cardiac catheterizations: 1.3 million Repair of current obstetric laceration: 1.2 million Removal of coronary artery obstruction and insertion of stent: 1.2 million Cesarean section (women 18-44 years): 1.0 million Endoscopy of small intestine with or without biopsy: 1.0 million Diagnostic ultrasound: 773,000 Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans): 703,000 Hysterectomy: 669,000 Reduction of fracture: 606,000 Endoscopy of large intestine with or without biopsy: 578,000 Coronary artery bypass graft: 515,000 Cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal): 436,000 Total knee replacement: 381,000 Appendectomy, excluding incidental: 329,000 Excision or destruction of intervertebral disc: 323,000 Partial excision of large intestine: 263,000 Prostatectomy (men): 195,000 Total hip replacement: 193,000 Source: 2002 National Hospital Discharge Survey More Data Ambulatory and inpatient procedures according to place, sex, age and type of procedure, 1994-2001 Health, United States, 2003, table 94 Ambulatory and inpatient procedures according to place, sex, umber of all-listed procedures for discharges form short-stay hospitals by procedure category and age, 2001 2001 National Hospital Discharge Survey, table 8 Related Links National Hospital Discharge Survey
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