In the near future, increasing bariatric surgery is expected to fuel the growth of the laparotomy sponge market. Between 2011 and 2014, the prevalence of obesity among U.S. adults was 36.5%, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Further, according to an article published by PubMed, the total number of bariatric procedures performed was 468,609, worldwide in 2013. Additionally, the United Kingdom National Bariatric Surgery Registry (NBSR) reported in February 2017 that 5,192 primary operations were performed in the year 2012-2013, along with 336 revision operations.
According to some sources, in 2015-2016, the rate of primary surgeries reduced to 5,056, whereas revision surgeries increased up to double as compared to 2012 - 2013, i.e. 648 bariatric surgeries. Furthermore, the increasing number of obese population is expected to increase the bariatric surgery rate proportionately during the forecast period. Moreover, the high rate of open abdominal surgeries is driving the laparotomy sponge market growth.
An increasing number of cesarean-based deliveries are also expected to propel the market growth during the forecast period. According to Eurostat statistics, in 201cesareanean section surgery performed in European Union reached up to 1.36 million, of which more than 220,000 were performed in Germany, over 200,000 were performed in the U.K.