OPERATING ROOM

Service Description

* Abdominal hysterectomy Excision of uterus through an abdominal incision with or without concurrent excision of ovary and/or Fallopian tube. * Bile duct, liver, or pancreatic surgery Operative procedures on the bile duct, gall bladder, liver or pancreas, excluding cholecystectomy without exploration of the bile duct and biopsy of lesions. * Breast surgery Breast reconstruction, mammoplasty, excision of lesion, tissue or breast including radical, modified, or quadrant resection, lumpectomy, incisional biopsy. * Cardiac surgery (non-CABG) Open chest procedures on valves or septum of heart; excludes coronary artery bypass graft, surgery on vessels, heart transplantation, or pacemaker implantation. * Cholecystectomy (non-laparoscopic) Partial or total excision of the gall bladder, excluding laparoscopic approach and procedures involving exploration of the bile duct. * Coronary artery bypass graft Open chest procedure to perform direct revascularization of heart, for example, using suitable vein from leg for grafting, internal mammary artery, among others. * Cranial surgery Incision through the skull to excise, repair, or explore the brain, excludes taps or punctures. * Gastric surgery Incision, excision or anastomosis of stomach, including partial or total gastrectomy, vagotomy, pyloromyotomy, pyloroplasty and gastroenterostomy. * Hip replacement Replacement of the hip joint, including resurfacing of any part of the joint, revision of a previous replacement and conversion from a previous hemiarthroplasty or bone fixation. Excludes replacement of head of femur alone * Knee replacement Replacement of all or part of knee joint (with or without patella resurfacing), including revision of a previous replacement. Patella resurfacing and patella replacement are not included in the surveillance. * Large bowel surgery Incision, excision or anastomosis of the large bowel, including procedures which involve anastomosis of small to large bowel. * Limb amputation Total or partial amputation or disarticulation of the upper or lower limbs, including digits * Reduction of long bone fracture Includes open or closed reduction of fracture of long bones requiring intramedullary or extramedullary fixation where an incision is made to establish fixation. Excludes: external fixation, hip replacement following fracture, fracture of the neck of femur or open reduction of small bones