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.