From: Emergency room surgical workload in an inner city UK teaching hospital
Operation | N (%) | M | F | Median age (IQR) | Mean LOS (± SEM) | Median LOS (IQR) |
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Trauma | 195 (32) | 162 | 33 | 30 (21–42) | 14.90 (1.54) | 6 (3–16) |
Laparotomy | 17 (2.8) | 16 | 1 | 29 (22–37) | 16.4 (7.74) | 6 (4–9) |
Thoracic procedures | 33 (5.5) | 29 | 4 | 29 (20–42) | 6.9 (1.3) | 5 (2–8) |
Neuro surgery | 30 (5) | 23 | 7 | 35 (21–42) | 24.2 (4.16) | 16 (12–29) |
Orthopaedic operations | 52 (8.6) | 41 | 11 | 31 (24–45) | 16.8 (2.9) | 10 (5–18) |
Maxillo facial operations | 6 (1) | 4 | 2 | 18 (17–22) | 8 (2.84) | 5.5 (4–7) |
Vascular operations | 6 (1) | 5 | 1 | 31 (25–32) | 14.3 (9.98) | 5.5 (2–7) |
Minor surgery | 36 (6) | 34 | 2 | 29 (20–42) | 2.8 (0.5) | 2 (1–3) |
Poly trauma | 15 (2.5) | 13 | 2 | 32 (24–44) | 39.7 (7.97) | 38 (8–65) |
Vascular | 64 (11) | 48 | 16 | 72 (62–77) | 24.8 (2.65) | 18.5 (10–31) |
AAA repair | 7 (1.2) | 6 | 1 | 77 (67–83) | 22 (6) | 14 (10–29) |
Bypass | 16 (2.6) | 14 | 2 | 69 (59–77) | 25 (4.8) | 21 (13–32) |
Amputation | 23 (3.8) | 17 | 6 | 71 (57–76) | 31 (5.31) | 27 (17–32) |
EVAR | 7 (1.2) | 2 | 5 | 71 (49–87) | 19.4 (7.07) | 9 (7–31) |
Embolectomy | 10 (1.7) | 9 | 1 | 77 (64–82) | 14.5 (4.83) | 8 (8–16) |
Others | 1 (0.2) | 0 | 1 | 72 | 17 (0) | 17 |
General surgery | 346 (57) | 248 | 98 | 36(26–50) | 6 (0.51) | 3 (2–6) |
Abscesses | 136 | |||||
Perianal Abscess | 55 (9.1) | 42 | 13 | 41 (32–48) | 2.4 (0.24) | 2 (1–3) |
IVDU-related Abscess | 32 (5.3) | 16 | 15 | 34 (28–44) | 3.1 (0.77) | 2 (1–3) |
Pilonidal Abscess | 12 (2) | 7 | 5 | 28 (21–37) | 2 (0.33) | 2 (1–2.5) |
Hydradenitis abscess | 2 (0.3) | 2 | 0 | 41 (39–42) | 2 (0) | 2 (2–2) |
Other abscess | 35 (5.8) | 21 | 14 | 40 (26–48) | 2.8 (0.62) | 2 (1–3) |
Laparoscopy | 74 | |||||
Laparoscopic appendectomy | 43 (7.1) | 23 | 20 | 26 (21–31) | 3.1 (0.3) | 3 (2–4) |
Laparoscopic DUP repair | 3 (0.5) | 1 | 2 | 66 (62–76) | 7 (4.04) | 4 (3–15) |
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy | 17 (2.8) | 7 | 10 | 44 (34–59) | 9.2 (2.84) | 6 (4–9) |
Laparoscopic exploration | 7 (1.2) | 1 | 6 | 23 (18–51) | 6.9 (1.95) | 6 (3–10) |
Other laparoscopy | 4 (0.7) | 2 | 2 | 52 (39–65) | 17.3 (5.85) | 15 (8–26) |
Laparotomy | 135 | |||||
Laparoptomy appendicectomy | 5 (0.8) | 2 | 3 | 39 (37–57) | 1 (0.46) | 6 (3–7) |
Open appendicectomy | 45 (7.5) | 33 | 12 | 27(23–34) | 4.13 (0.81) | 2 (2–4) |
Open DUP repair | 6 (1) | 5 | 2 | 41 (35–72) | 9 (3.06) | 6 (4–8) |
Obstruction | 12 (2) | 7 | 5 | 60 (38–73) | 24.3 (5.73) | 16 (7–37) |
Other laparotomy | 30 (5) | 10 | 20 | 50 (37–70) | 15.3 (3.52) | 9 (5–15) |
Hernia | 14 (2.3) | 12 | 2 | 42 (29–58) | 5.9 (2.4) | 2 (2–5.5) |
Other procedures | 24 | 13 | 8 | 42 (33–54) | 9.8 (4.2) | 5 (3–11) |
Overall | 605 | 458 | 147 | 37 (25–52) | 10 (0.6) | 4 (2–11) |