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. 2009 Mar 31;9:56. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-56

Table 3.

Number of surgeries carried out by orthopaedic surgeons by selected characteristics, Ontario 2005/06.

All conditions Arthritis and related conditions Injury and related conditions Bone and joint conditions Other conditions

# (%) # (%) # (%) # (%) # (%)
All surgeries 144,705 (100.0) 72,262 (49.9) 47,449 (32.8) 15,784 (10.9) 9,210 (6.4)
Type of surgery*
 Day surgery 59,422 (41.1) 36,284 (50.2) 7,987 (16.8) 8,321 (52.7) 6,830 (74.2)
 Inpatient elective 43,340 (30.0) 34,990 (48.4) - 6,436 (40.8) 1,914 (20.8)
 Inpatient non-elective 37,005 (25.6) 806 (1.1) 34,979 (73.7) 864 (5.5) 356 (3.9)
Surgical groups
 Joint replacement 36,367 (25.1) 28,278 (39.1) 6,953 (14.7) 1,077 (6.8) 59 (0.7)
 Reduction with or without
fixation
31,494 (21.8) 370 (0.5) 29,272 (61.7) 1,658 (10.5) 194 (2.1)
 Closed repair 24,060 (16.6) 21,804 (30.2) 1,445 (3.0) 800 (5.1) 11 (0.1)
 Open repair 16,914 (11.7) 6,945 (9.6) 3,688 (7.8) 5,794 (36.7) 487 (5.3)
 Spinal surgery 5,090 (3.5) 1,239 (1.7) 1,198 (2.5) 2,183 (13.8) 470 (5.1)
 Other 30,780 (21.3) 13,626 (18.9) 4,893 (10.3) 4,272 (27.1) 7,989 (86.7)
Anatomic location
 Knee 61,256 (42.3) 46,940 (65) 10,158 (21.4) 2,245 (14.2) 1,913 (20.8)
 Hip 26,398 (18.2) 10,067 (13.9) 13,998 (29.5) 1,582 (10.1) 751 (8.1)
 Shoulder/elbow 24,535 (17.0) 9,589 (13.3) 11,740 (24.8) 1,963 (12.4) 1,243 (13.5)
 Ankle/foot 18,664 (12.9) 2,387 (3.3) 7,083 (14.9) 7,025 (44.5) 2,169 (23.6)
 Hand/wrist 8,762 (6.1) 2,040 (2.8) 3,272 (6.9) 786 (5.0) 2,664 (28.9)
 Spine 5,090 (3.5) 1,239 (1.7) 1,198 (2.5) 2,183 (13.8) 470 (5.1)

* Numbers do not add up to total due to missing values