Table 4.

Changes in the annual number of surgeries among the GI operative procedures on the esophagus

Organ	Degree of difficulty	Procedure	No. of surgeries
			2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Esophagus	Low	Cervical periesophageal abscess drainage	23	27	34	42	37	43	39
	Med	Esophageal suture (perforation, injury)	156	204	198	185	199	215	202
	Med	Thoracic periesophageal abscess drainage	22	23	18	27	27	21	21
	Med	Esophageal foreign body extraction	19	21	26	25	30	32	35
	Med	Esophageal diverticulum resection	27	32	35	48	41	34	47
	Med	Benign esophageal tumor removal	61	69	66	68	52	64	73
	Med	Esophageal resection (removal only)	388	506	580	570	571	721	720
	Med	Esophageal reconstruction: reconstruction only (gastric tube reconstruction)	699	844	888	799	848	772	828
	Med	Esophageal fistula construction	97	106	128	126	125	162	176
	Med	Esophagocardioplasty	321	418	392	398	362	365	366
	Med	Achalasia surgery	77	109	84	118	101	210	208
	High	Esophagectomy	4916	5946	5694	6091	6060	6041	6100
	High	Esophageal reconstruction: reconstruction only (colon reconstruction)	65	56	63	77	51	40	41
	High	Esophageal bypass	93	110	137	143	152	130	154
	High	Bronchoesophageal fistula surgery	6	5	9	12	7	13	5
	High	Secondary esophageal reconstruction	276	343	290	292	280	349	344

Abbreviation: GI, gastrointestinal; Med, medium.