Table 2.
Number and prevalence of pregnancies with different types of surgical procedures in Denmark 1996–2015
| Type of surgery | 1996–1999 (%) | 2000–2003 (%) | 2004–2007 (%) | 2008–2011 (%) | 2012–2015 (%) | Total (%) |
| Number of pregnancies(%) | 364 489 (100) | 362 149 (100) | 359 155 (100) | 338 483 (100) | 262 900 (100) | 1 687 176 (100) |
| Surgical procedures during pregnancy(%) | 19 303 (5.3) | 30 270 (8.4) | 24 351 (6.8) | 25 009 (7.4) | 18 491 (7.0) | 117 424 (7.0) |
| Number of pregnancies with surgical procedures(%) | 17 866 (4.9) | 27 896 (7.7) | 22 436 (6.2) | 23 148 (6.8) | 17 156 (6.5) | 108 502 (6.4) |
| Abdominal surgery(%) | 1269 (0.3) | 1512 (0.4) | 1303 (0.4) | 1359 (0.4) | 1330 (0.5) | 6773 (0.4) |
| Diagnostic procedures | 585 (0.2) | 575 (0.2) | 436 (0.1) | 515 (0.2) | 483 (0.2) | 2594 (0.2) |
| Internal herniation | 0 (0.0) | <5 (0.0) | <5 (0.0) | 9 (0.0) | 49 (0.0) | 60 (0.0) |
| Appendectomy | 285 (0.1) | 368 (0.1) | 290 (0.1) | 304 (0.1) | 265 (0.1) | 1512 (0.1) |
| Open | 273 (0.1) | 341 (0.1) | 227 (0.1) | 123 (0.0) | 55 (0.0) | 1019 (0.1) |
| Laparoscopic | 12 (0.0) | 27 (0.0) | 63 (0.0) | 181 (0.1) | 210 (0.1) | 493 (0.0) |
| Gynaecological surgery(%) | 2526 (0.7) | 2934 (0.8) | 2277 (0.6) | 1861 (0.5) | 1708 (0.6) | 11 306 (0.7) |
| Sterilisations | 446 (0.1) | 411 (0.1) | 276 (0.1) | 207 (0.1) | 145 (0.1) | 1485 (0.1) |
| Ovarian cyst surgery | 33 (0.0) | 70 (0.0) | 91 (0.0) | 114 (0.0) | 89 (0.0) | 397 (0.0) |
| Open | 14 (0.0) | 36 (0.0) | 35 (0.0) | 38 (0.0) | 15 (0.0) | 138 (0.0) |
| Laparoscopic | 19 (0.0) | 34 (0.0) | 56 (0.0) | 76 (0.0) | 74 (0.0) | 259 (0.0) |
| Orthopaedic surgery(%) | 756 (0.2) | 786 (0.2) | 797 (0.2) | 751 (0.2) | 565 (0.2) | 3655 (0.2) |
| Other non-obstetric surgery(%) | 866 (0.2) | 871 (0.2) | 763 (0.2) | 783 (0.2) | 666 (0.3) | 3949 (0.2) |
| Cerclage(%) | 327 (0.1) | 389 (0.1) | 429 (0.1) | 543 (0.2) | 307 (0.1) | 1995 (0.1) |
| Abdominal | <5 (0.0) | <5 (0.0) | 5 (0.0) | 17 (0.0) | 15 (0.0) | 43 (0.0) |
| Open | 0 (0.0) | <5 (0.0) | 5 (0.0) | 9 (0.0) | 6 (0.0) | 21 (0.0) |
| Laparoscopic | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (0.0) | 9 (0.0) | 16 (0.0) |
| Vaginal | 324 (0.1) | 386 (0.1) | 424 (0.1) | 526 (0.2) | 292 (0.1) | 1952 (0.1) |
| <16 weeks of gestation | 216 (0.1) | 245 (0.1) | 200 (0.1) | 234 (0.1) | 144 (0.1) | 1039 (0.1) |
| ≥16 weeks of gestation | 108 (0.0) | 141 (0.0) | 224 (0.1) | 292 (0.1) | 148 (0.1) | 913 (0.1) |
| Invasive diagnostic tests (%) | 13 171 (3.6) | 21 549 (6.0) | 14 980 (4.2) | 14 254 (4.2) | 12 220 (4.6) | 76 174 (4.5) |
| Other obstetric surgery (%) | 388 (0.1) | 2229 (0.6) | 3802 (1.1) | 5458 (1.6) | 1695 (0.6) | 13 572 (0.8) |