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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 5.
Published in final edited form as: World J Urol. 2008 Sep 19;26(6):523–530. doi: 10.1007/s00345-008-0319-3

Table 4.

Aetiology of Conversion to open procedures

Adhesions Hemorrhage Obesity Technical difficulties Combination Total (%)
Radical Nephrec 1 2 1 6 3 13 (7.6)
Simple Nephrec 2 0 0 0 0 2 (1.7)
Adrenalectomy 0 2 1 0 0 3 (2.6)
Partial Nephrec 1 1 0 6 0 8 (11.4)
Pyeloplasty 1 0 0 0 0 1 (1.7)
Nephro - Ureterectomy 0 0 0 1 0 1 (3.5)
Renal Cyst 0 0 0 0 0 0
Diverticulectomy 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total (%) 5 (0.8) 5 (0.8) 2 (0.3) 13 (2.1) 3 (0.5) 28 (4.6)