No.3347
09/26/2023

Questionnaire to Medical Institutions on Operating Room Equipment 2023

Highest Annual Number of Surgical Operations is Practiced by Orthopedics at 468.2 Cases, Followed by Gastroenterology at 348.7 Cases, Gynecology at 316.7, and Urology at 310.4

Yano Research Institute (the President, Takashi Mizukoshi) carried out a questionnaire survey to large, middle, and small hospitals/medical institutions nationwide having any operating rooms, to find out how operating rooms are located, number of surgical operations practiced, major medical equipment introduced in operating rooms, and evaluations for manufacturers by equipment. Here focuses on the statuses of how operating rooms are located, the annual number of surgical operations, and that by medical department.


Annual Number of Surgical Operations by Medical Department on Average
Annual Number of Surgical Operations by Medical Department on Average

Summary of Research Findings

This questionnaire has been mailed to medical equipment centers at hospitals and medical institutions nationwide, the scale from small to large, having any operating rooms in the period from May to June 2023, and responded back by 361 institutions.

Of 361 institutions responded, 37 facilities (10%) have 10 or more operating rooms, 57 institutions (15.8%) have 6 to 9, and 267 (74.0%) have 5 or less operating rooms.
There are 16 institutions (4.4%) with dedicated endoscopy operating rooms, 48 (13.3%) with hybrid operating rooms that combine a traditional operating room with cardiac and cerebral angiography equipment, and 31 facilities (8.6%) with robotic operating rooms equipped with a surgical support robot.

Noteworthy Topics

Annual Number of Surgical Operations by Medial Department on Average

When asked in the questionnaire on the annal number of surgical operations (including endoscopic surgery, operations involving surgical support robots, etc.) for FY2022, 9 institutions (2.5%) had more than 7,000 cases of surgical operations per year, 19 facilities (5.3%) had 5,001 to 7,000 cases, 33 institutions (9.1%) had 3,001 to 5,000 cases, and 300 (83.1%) had 3,000 or less cases of operations.
In the research, annual numbers of surgical operations by medical department on average was calculated based on the responses on the percentage of surgical operations by medical department. It is found out that the highest number of surgical operations performed was by orthopedics at 468.2 cases, followed by gastroenterology at 348.7 cases, gynecology at 316.7, and urology at 310.4 cases. The lowest number of operations was conducted by thoracic surgery at 158.0 cases, followed by neurosurgery at 166.3 cases, and cardiovascular surgery at 217.8 cases.

Research Outline

1.Research Period: May to June 2023
2.Research Object: Mailed the questionnaire to 2,389 hospitals/medical institutions nationwide, the scale from small to large, having any operating rooms, which was responded back by 361 hospitals (15.1% of response rate).
3.Research Methogology: Mailed questionnaire on the following 13 medical equipment that are installed or introduced in operating rooms: electrosurgical knife, bipolar, bipolar with a sealing function, ultrasonic solidifying and incision apparatus, surgical endoscope system (2D/3D/4K endoscope system), surgical robotic system, microscope for surgery, anesthetic machine, biological information monitor, respiratory apparatus, angiography device, operating table, and operating/surgical lighting system

About the Research

Research period: May to June 2023

Research target: Mailed the questionnaire to 2,389 hospitals/medical institutions nationwide, the scale from small to large, having any operating rooms, which was responded back by 361 hospitals (15.1% of response rate).

Research methodologies: Mailed questionnaire on the following 13 medical equipment that are installed or introduced in operating rooms: electrosurgical knife, bipolar, bipolar with a sealing function, ultrasonic solidifying and incision apparatus, surgical endoscope system (2D/3D/4K endoscope system), surgical robotic system, microscope for surgery, anesthetic machine, biological information monitor, respiratory apparatus, angiography device, operating table, and operating/surgical lighting system.

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Major medical equipment installed or introduced in any operating rooms

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