Table 4.3.6 Surgical procedures of the digestive tract and other abdominal organs with waiting times in excess of 90 days in England, 2000–01

Surgical procedure	Mean waiting time (days)	No of admissions	Surgical procedure	Mean waiting time (days)	No. of admissions
Source: Department of Health, 2004.⁴⁵³
Plastic operations on stomach	319	214	Other connection of ileum	121	184
Connection of stomach to transposed jejunum	229	75	Excision of pilonidal sinus	121	5 684
Repair of gall bladder	217	11	Repair of diaphragmatic hernia	118	289
Antireflux operations	213	2 121	Open introduction of prosthesis into bile duct	118	34
Repair of liver	192	96	Revision of antireflux operations	116	107
Fixation of rectum for prolapse	172	357	Other open operations on gall bladder	115	29
Excision of haemorrhoids	167	9 177	Extirpation of lesion of jejunum	114	21
Excision of gall bladder	161	38 373	Excision of lesion of anus	111	7 792
Incision of gall bladder	157	179	Other abdominal operations for prolapse of rectum	110	660
Repair of anus	151	584	Intra-abdominal manipulation of ileum	107	237
Other open operations on bile duct	133	66	Other operations on pilonidal sinus	98	5 850
Open endoscopic operations on colon	126	50	Other operations on haemorrhoids	93	907
Perineal operations for prolapse of rectum	126	1 028