PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operating device for a surgical table in which a medical worker can easily grasp a time elapsed after a table is maintained in a tilted state even when a patient is tilted by tilting the table.SOLUTION: This operating device 5 (operating device for a surgical table) is the operating device for a user to operate the movement and posture change of a table 1 for patient placement of the surgical table 100. The operating device includes: a display unit 52; a mode setting unit 55 capable of setting the mode for performing the posture change of the table 1; an instruction receiving unit 53 for receiving the movement instruction and posture change instruction of the table 1 by the user; and an operating control unit 51 for performing control to make the display unit 52 display an elapsed time in a tilted posture when the table 1 is brought into the tilted posture.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3【課題】テーブルを傾斜させて患者を傾斜させる場合でも、テーブルが傾斜した状態に維持されてからの経過時間を医療従事者が容易に把握できるようにすること。【解決手段】この操作装置5(手術台用操作装置)は、手術台100の患者載置用のテーブル1の移動および姿勢変更をユーザが操作するための操作装置であって、表示部52と、テーブル1の姿勢変更を行うモードを設定可能なモード設定部55と、ユーザによるテーブル1の移動指示および姿勢変更指示を受け付ける指示受付部53と、テーブル1が傾斜した姿勢にされた場合に、傾斜した姿勢での経過時間を表示部52に表示させる制御を行う操作用制御部51とを備える。【選択図】図3