Table 3.
Time trends (2011–2015) of reasons for early and late conversion for colon and rectum
| Timing conversion | Reason of conversion | Year of surgery | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |||
| Colon | Early (≤ 30 min) conversion | Extensiveness (%) | 13.8 | 10.3 | 13.2 | 8.9 | 14.1 |
| Exposure difficulties (%) | 82.1 | 83.7 | 83.8 | 89.7 | 81.2 | ||
| Intra-operative complication (%) | 4.1 | 5.9 | 3 | 1.4 | 4.7 | ||
| Late (> 30 min) conversion | Extensiveness (%) | 13 | 9.8 | 13.6 | 8.6 | 9.6 | |
| Exposure difficulties (%) | 72.8 | 68.9 | 66.7 | 69 | 72.8 | ||
| Intra-operative complication (%) | 14.1 | 21.3 | 19.7 | 22.4 | 17.5 | ||
| Rectum | Early (≤ 30 min) conversion | Extensiveness (%) | 3.6 | 11.2 | 12.7 | 3.2 | 7.1 |
| Exposure difficulties (%) | 90.9 | 85.4 | 85.3 | 89.5 | 87.1 | ||
| Intra-operative complication (%) | 5.5 | 3.4 | 2 | 7.4 | 5.9 | ||
| Late (> 30 min) conversion | Extensiveness (%) | 12.7 | 13.6 | 10.8 | 6.7 | 10.3 | |
| Exposure difficulties (%) | 77.5 | 78.8 | 79.5 | 81.3 | 77 | ||
| Intra-operative complication (%) | 9.9 | 7.6 | 9.6 | 12 | 12.6 | ||