Table 2.
Intraoperative adverse events and reasons for conversions.
| Intraoperative Adverse Events | Number of Cases | |
| Accidental injury of intraabdominal organ | Stomach | 2 (0.43%) |
| Splenic flexure | 2 (0.43%) | |
| Diaphragm (sutured without chest tube) | 1 (0.21%) | |
| Small bowel | 1 (0.21%) | |
| Pancreatic tail | 1 (0.21%) | |
| Bladder (Pfannenstiel incision) | 1 (0.21%) | |
| Massive bleeding | Managed laparoscopically | 20 (4.27%) |
| Requiring conversion | 5 (1.07%) | |
| Rupture of the retrieval bag | 5 (1.07%) | |
| Total | 38 (8.12%) | |
| Reasons for Conversions | Number of Cases | |
| Bleeding | 5 (1.07%) | |
| Technical problems | 4 (0.85%) | |
| Infiltration of surrounding structures | 3 (0.64%) | |
| Spleen’s friability | 1 (0.21%) | |
| Size of the spleen | 1 (0.21%) | |
| Total | 14 (2.99%) | |