Most Common Medical and Cosmetic Procedures

UNDER THE KNIFE 14 Most Common Medical and Cosmetic Procedures in the USA MOST COMMON MEDICAL PROCEDURES CT SCAN PHYSICAL EXAM CIRCUMCISION scans per year: exams per year: neonatal circumcisions per year: 62 MILLION 64 MILLION 1.6 MILLION average cost: average cost: average cost: $270 - $4,800 $100 - $1,000 $150 - $3,000 30% of CT scans are completely unnecessary for making a diagnosis Recovery: 6 WEEKS Procedure 15 minutes Procedure 10 - Procedure Duration 1 hour Duration 15 minutes Duration 30 minutes C- SECTION APPENDECTOMY TONSILLECTOMY C-sections per year: appendectomies per year: tonsillectomies per year: 1.4 MILLION 561,000 400,000+ average cost: average cost: average cost: $5,700 - $6,700 $13,100 $5,442 Recovery: Recovery: WEEKS 2 WEEKS TO Procedure 30 minutes Procedure 1- Procedure 30 minutes Duration 1 hour Duration 2 hour Duration MOST COMMON COSMETIC PROCEDURES LIPOSUCTION TUMMY TUCK BREAST AUGMENTATION procedures in 2010: procedures in 2010: procedures in 2010: 203,106 116,352 296,203 average cost: average cost: average cost: $2,884 $5,130 $3,351 Recovery: Recovery: Recovery: 2 3 WEEKS 3 WEEKS 6 TO 8 WEEKS TO TO Procedure 2 - Procedure 2 - Procedure Duration 4 hours Duration 4 hours Duration 2 hours IN 2010 THERE WERE 13.1 MILLION RHINOPLASTY BLEPHAROPLASTY COSMETIC PROCEDURES Each year the USA increases Health Care by procedures in 2010: procedures in 2010: 252,216 208,764 average cost: average cost: 2.29% $4,306 $2,828 Recovery: Recovery: WEEKS WEEKS TO TO Annual Health Care Expenditures are $2 TRILLION Procedure 1- Procedure Duration Duration 1 1/2 hours 2 hours SOURCES http://health.cvs.com http//:medicaltalk.com http//:answers.google.com http//www.optiongrid.co.uk http//:aje.oxfordjournals.org http//www.medpagetoday.com http//:hubpages.com http//:healthpages.org http//www.cat-cats.info http//www.kaycircle.com http://www.smmchurch.org http//:www.howmuchisit.org Infographic Brought to you by Discount http://www.ahrq.gov http://mychronicles.com http//:surgeryoverseas.com http//www.surgerysquad.com http//:www.nationalnewstoday.com http//ww.naturalencyclopedia.com http//:www.cracked.com http//:www.medpagetoday.com http//:www.healthguideinfo.com http//:www.worldsstrangest.com http//:www.gentlecircumcision.com http//:www.circumcisionandhiv.com MEDICAL SUPPLIES By Doctors for Practitioners, Caregivers, Patients and Public