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Table 6 Inpatient Expenditures Attributable to Abdominal Adhesiolysis in the US in 2005

From: The inpatient burden of abdominal and gynecological adhesiolysis in the US

Expenditure

Attributed to Adhesiolysis

Total in Millions (2007 $)

By type of procedure

  

   Adhesiolysis as primary procedure

  

Total days of care

632,688

$1,277

Surgical procedures

81,532

$68

Subtotal

---

$1,345

   Adhesiolysis as secondary procedure

 

Total days of care

334,644

$675

Surgical procedures

270,245

$227

Subtotal

---

$902

Cost stratification of secondary adhesiolysis, by body system

   Digestive system

  

Total days of care

273,212

$551

Surgical procedures

84,575

$71

Subtotal

---

$622

   Hepatobiliary system and pancreas

  

Total days of care

11,729

$24

Surgical procedures

21,077

$18

Subtotal

---

$41

   Female reproductive system

  

Total days of care

57,005

$115

Surgical procedures

125,069

$105

Subtotal

---

$220

   Pregnancy, C-sections

  

Total days of care

-7,302

-$15

Surgical procedures

39,524

$33

Subtotal

---

$18

Total expenditures

---

$2,247

  1. US = United States.