Hospital stays with most common male operating room procedure in the U.S. 2012

This statistic displays the total number of hospital stays in the United States for most common male operating room procedures performed in 2012. During this time, there were 235.000 total stays with an laminectomy, excision intervertebral disc performed on male patients. Approximately two-thirds of hospitalizations include some form of procedure, although many, like blood transfusions or vaccinations, can be done outside of operating rooms. Costs for hospitalizations with operating room procedures are often much more costly than those without.