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. 2025 Jun 3;9(5):1781–1792. doi: 10.1016/j.jseint.2025.05.013

Table II.

Annual number of shoulder arthroplasty and rotator cuff repair based on the NDB Open Data Japan between 2014 and 2022.

Procedure 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total
Shoulder arthroplasty 1,246 1,578 2,009 2,454 3,008 3,548 3,834 4,559 5,439 27,675
Total rotator cuff repair 17,553 17,531 17,562 19,065 20,412 21,058 20,144 20,565 21,183 175,073
 Open rotator cuff repair 2,923 2,836 2,528 2,503 2,393 2,188 2,053 1,932 1,825 21,181
 Simple 2,349 2,364 2,091 2,101 2,028 1,855 1,740 1,657 1,584 17,769
 Complex 574 472 437 402 365 333 313 275 241 3,412
 Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair 14,630 14,695 15,034 16,562 18,019 18,870 18,091 18,633 19,358 153,892
 Simple 12,490 12,918 13,269 14,671 15,986 16,732 16,159 16,693 17,710 136,628
 Complex 2,140 1,777 1,765 1,891 2,033 2,138 1,932 1,940 1,648 17,264

NDB, the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups.