This statistic displays the most common OR (operating room) procedures during hospital inpatient stays among U.S. children, aged 0 to 17 years, in 2012. During this year, 15,400 operating room procedures with hospital stays among children were partial excisions of bone. Hospitalizations among children seem to have become more common among children with chronic conditions. Majority of hospitalizations among children were infants and newborns.
Top operating room procedures for hospital inpatient stays among U.S. children in 2012
Characteristic
Number of hospital stays
Circumcision
1,063,200
Appendectromy
76,200
Cesarean section
18,300
Partial excision bone
15,400
Treatment, fracture of dislocation of hip and femur
14,600
Tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy
14,500
Spinal fusion
12,600
Insertion, replacement, r removal of extracranial ventricular shunt
12,000
Treatment, fracture of dislocation of lower extremity (other than hip or femur)
All-listed OR (operating room) procedures are identified using Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) procedure categories. Procedures designated as “Other” are not reported; these represent miscellaneous procedures that may be difficult to interpret as a group.
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AHRQ. (December 2, 2014). Top operating room procedures for hospital inpatient stays among U.S. children in 2012 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/376625/top-procedures-for-us-hospital-children-inpatients/
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