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. 2021 Nov 16;52(1):22–35. doi: 10.1007/s00595-021-02406-2

Table 1.

Number of operations performed for each procedure in 2020 vs. 2018 and 2019

Procedure Number of operations (2018) Number of operations (2019) Number of operations (2020) vs. 2018 vs. 2019
Gastrectomy 37,733 37,173 32,723 86.7% 88.0%
Low anterior resection 22,099 22,763 21,506 97.3% 94.5%
Hepatectomy 6734 7019 6707 99.6% 95.6%
Pancreaticoduodenectomy 11,774 11,963 12,074 102.5% 100.9%
Appendectomy 57,742 59,152 60,094 104.1% 101.6%
Cholecystectomy 132,766 133,441 127,621 96.1% 95.6%
Valve replacement + valve plasty 21,938 21,887 20,355 92.8% 93.0%
Ascending aorta replacement + aortic arch replacement 11,170 11,375 11,186 100.1% 98.3%
Coronary artery bypass grafting 19,704 19,109 17,452 88.6% 91.3%
Abdominal aorta replacement 6985 6624 6249 89.5% 94.3%
Ventricular septal defect closure 1791 1698 1681 93.9% 99.0%
Lobectomy 31,677 33,815 31,174 98.4% 92.2%
Resection of mediastinal tumor 6011 6575 6152 102.3% 93.6%
Total mastectomy 48,276 51,435 50,283 104.2% 97.8%
Breast-conserving surgery 40,003 42,475 39,495 98.7% 93.0%
Sentinel node biopsy 45,501 49,728 48,848 107.4% 98.2%
Thyroidectomy 15,262 15,405 13,449 88.1% 87.3%
Parathyroidectomy 1824 1879 1827 100.2% 97.2%
Inguinal hernia repair (under age 16) 17,171 16,736 14,232 82.9% 85.0%
Appendectomy (under age 16) 8269 8150 7593 91.8% 93.2%
Total 544,430 558,402 530,701 97.5% 95.0%