Table 4. Conversion Rate and Operative Complications in Patients Who Underwent a Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Accordance to Laparoscopic Grading System (n = 154) .
| Laparoscopic grading system |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3A | Grade 3B | Grade 4A | Grade 4B | Grade 5 | Event# | % | |
| Laparotomy | |||||||
| Yes | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5.2 |
| No | 50 | 9 | 41 | 26 | 20 | 142 | 94.8 |
| Operative# complication | |||||||
| Yes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N (grade) | 50 | 14 | 43 | 26 | 21 | 154 | 100 |
Bleeding, iatrogenic injury, post-operative obstruction and enteric leak. #Conversion and complication in accordance to specific grade.