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Table 2 Most common invasive procedures at ACST 2010

From: Distribution of emergency operations and trauma in a Swedish hospital: need for reorganisation of acute surgical care?

Operations

Office hours

Weekend

Evening

Night

Total No.

 

0800-1700

0800-1700

1700-2400

0000-0800

 

Diagnostic endoscopy

422

41

31

13

507

Therapeutic endoscopy

189

17

7

4

217

Appendicectomy

33

12

91

78

214

Cholecystectomy

69

41

50

4

164

Proctological procedure

15

7

32

21

75

Colonic resection

27

5

18

14

64

Hernia repair

17

1

8

11

37

Reoperation for complication

15

2

13

6

36

Division of adhesions

11

2

10

4

27

Exploratory laparotomy

6

3

13

3

25

Stoma procedure

13

3

6

2

24

Gastroduodenal intervention

11

3

3

5

22

Subtotal colectomy

13

2

0

1

16

Small bowel resection

5

2

5

3

15

Diagnostic laparoscopy

4

2

3

5

14

Miscellaneous

68

16

11

7

102

Total

918

159

301

181

1559

 

(58.9%)

(10.2%)

(19.3%)

(11.6%)

(100%)

  1. Data are number of patients divided by time of day.