Most common surgical procedures for each priority level
| Priority level; reason and % of cases (by priority level) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priority A n = 770 | Priority B n = 1082 | Priority C n = 1456 | Priority D n = 4028 | Priority E n = 7824 |
| Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (9.6%) | Small-bowel repair or bypass for acute peritonitis (11.1%) | Hernia repair with bowel obstruction (9.0%) | Laparoscopic appendectomy (28.1%) | ORIF hip or neck of femur (27.5%) |
| Peripheral arterial bypass for acute distal ischemia (8.0%) | Large-bowel repair or bypass for acute peritonitis (10.2%) | Small-bowel repair or bypass for bowel obstruction (6.8%) | Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (4.8%) | Abdominal wall repair (8.2%) |
| Craniotomy for acute intracranial condition (7.6%) | Peripheral arterial bypass for vein graft occlusion (5.2%) | Large-bowel repair or bypass for bowel obstruction (5.4%) | Hernia repair (no peritonitis or bowel obstruction) (4.7%) | Ureteroscopy (5.6%) |
Note: ORIF = open reduction internal fixation.