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. 2017 Jul-Sep;21(3):e2017.00036. doi: 10.4293/JSLS.2017.00036

Table 2.

Procedural Characteristics

Characteristics All Patients (N = 41,417) (%) Surgical Approach
Open Planned (n = 15,150) (%) Lap Attempted
All-Lap (n = 26,267) (%) Successful (n = 22,779) (%) Conversion (n = 3,488) (%)
Left colon surgical anatomy
    Sigmoidectomy 79.5 34.5 65.5 57.6 7.9
    Hemicolectomy 20.5 44.3 55.7 45.4 10.3
Indication
    Diverticulitis 59.1 51.5 63.5 63.6 62.6
    Neoplasm cancer 29.6 36.3 25.7 25.4 27.6
    Diverticulosis 11.9 13.4 11.0 10.9 11.4
    Neoplasm polyp 10.8 10.9 10.7 10.7 10.7
    IBD 1.2 1.6 1.0 0.9 1.6
    2+ Indications 9.4 10.2 8.9 8.7 10.6
Physician specialty
    General 75.1 79.4 72.7 72.0 77.0
    Colorectal 18.1 12.9 21.2 22.1 15.5
    Other 6.7 6.2 5.9 7.6 7.8
    Robotic Assisted 3.4 0.8 4.9 5.3 2.2
Year of surgery
    2009 17.0 19.9 15.4 15.3 15.8
    2010 14.9 15.2 14.8 14.7 15.0
    2011 16.3 16.0 16.5 16.6 16.0
    2012 18.4 17.7 18.8 19.0 18.1
    2013 16.9 15.5 17.8 17.7 18.2
    2014 16.4 15.7 16.8 16.7 17.0