Average surgical duration for 5 ASC procedures: Endoscopy totals 14 minutes

The CDC outlines the surgical duration for the following five procedures in ASCs in 2010.

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Note: The following procedures are listed by the average number of minutes, ranked from most to least.

•    Arthoscopy of knee: 32
•    Operations on eyelids: 23
•    Endoscopic polypectomy of large intestine: 21
•    Endoscopy (including colonoscopy): 14
•    Extraction or insertion of lens (cataracts): 10

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