"operation volume" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the amount or level of activity or work being carried out in a specific operation or organization. Example: Our company's operation volume has increased significantly this year, resulting in higher profits.
In a recent study using arthroplasty register data, the type of operating hospital (university, central, district, or other) and hospital annual operation volume was not associated with the rate of infection at medium-term follow-up (Jämsen 2009).
The geometric ratio (illuminated area: operation volume (A/V) ratio) selected for building the 150 L PBR was adequate to carry out biomass production of a microbial consortium (MC).
Continuous fermentations were performed in a 3 L bioreactor (Applikon® Biotechnology, Delft, The Netherlands) with an operation volume of 1.5 L, at 30 °C and 250 rpm.
At the surgeon level, a positive association between operation volume and infection rates seems clearer.
The increase in the number of reoperations due to infection within each procedure and diagnosis group paralleled the increase in operation volume (not shown).
Some of the large hospitals with high operation volume had reporting rates that were much higher than the average reporting rate.
As prosthesis designs and surgical techniques have evolved rapidly with increase in operation volumes since the 1980s, the study was based on operations performed since 1997.
The lowest infection rates have been reported from specialized orthopedic units with high annual operation volumes (Peersman et al. 2001, Phillips et al. 2006, Pulido et al. 2008, Jämsen et al. 2010).
A decision to build a new operating theatre was also made as the management team realised that additional capacity was needed in order to achieve aspired service levels and operation volumes.
The results also remained unchanged when the analyses were run in the groups of the 3 most commonly used prostheses (all 3 separately), in the group of prostheses used less than 2,000 times during the observation period, for prostheses fixed with the 2 most commonly used bone cements (Palacos cum gentamycin and Simplex antibiotic), and separately for hospitals with different operation volumes.
The emphysema operation, lung volume reduction surgery, sneaked up on Medicare about a decade ago.
