Global Operating Room Integration Market Size

Operating Room Integration Market Analysis

The Global Operating Room Integration Market size is estimated at USD 2.57 billion in 2024, and is expected to reach USD 4.44 billion by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 11.57% during the forecast period (2024-2029).

The COVID-19 caused considerable wait times for patients standing by for surgery. A study published in the British Journal of Surgery showed that COVID-19 led to 28 million postponed or canceled surgeries globally in 2020 with millions of surgeries pushed into 2021. Thus, with thousands of patients facing delays in surgeries the necessity to enhance scheduling efficiencies has become more important. Furthermore, the pandemic has pushed market players to operate in new ways, thus accelerating digitization. Operating rooms and surgical procedures changed in the following three ways in response to the pandemic-increased pre-surgical planning, video conferencing, and remote post-surgical patient engagement.

The factors such as a surge in patient procedures for minimally invasive surgeries are the major driving factors for the growth of the market. This is mainly due to the increasing awareness about the surgical interventions to treat conditions such as obesity has led medical device manufacturers to develop advanced operating room integration. Additionally, growth in the geriatric population resulting in the rising demand for surgeries which results in a cumulative increase in the number of operating procedures is also expected to drive the growth of the market. For instance, in 2020, the article titled 'The Incidence and Cumulative Risk of Major Surgery in Older Persons in the United States mentioned that nearly 9 major surgeries were performed annually for every 100 older persons, and more than 1 in 7 Medicare beneficiaries underwent a major surgery over 5 years, representing nearly 5 million unique older people.

Moreover, the rising burden of chronic disease across the globe is also one of the major factors increasing the demand for the operating room, as end-stage chronic diseases generally demand surgery. For instance, as per the American Health Association, in 2022, operating rooms resumed their activities and observed an upsurge in medical health treatments and surgeries, leading to only a 10% lower rate of surgery by the end of 2020 in comparison to 2019. Moreover, per the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the number of cataract surgical procedures reported in 2020 in Turkey was 393,901. According to the same source, the number of hip replacement procedures in Italy in 2020 was 84,647, and cesarean section procedures were approximately 114,601. Thus, this growth in the number of surgical procedures will likely increase the demand for the operating room, thereby contributing to market growth.

Thus the above-mentioned factors are expected to drive the growth of the market during the forecast period.