The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented number of postponed and cancelled elective surgical procedures in 2020, substantially negatively impacting the general surgery devices market, especially in its worst hit months of April and May. While many of the general surgery device markets returned to pre-pandemic sales volumes and growth rates during H2 2020, the exacerbated backlog of elective procedures due to the pandemic has continued to fuel demand well into H1 2021. GlobalData’s analysis of the market trends thus far in 2021 has revealed that general surgery device sales have continued to increase in both revenue and sales unit volumes and are forecast to maintain this growth pattern well into 2022.
