S. Venkata Reddy 1 , M. S. Sailaja Rani 2 , P. V. Buddha 3 , Mohsin Quadri 4 , A. B. Jagadeesh 5 , P. Sushma 6 , Varun Prakash 7 , Mounika Cowdhary
INTRODUCTION: The aim of present study is to know the Conversions in Laparoscopic surgery to Open surgery in The patients of all the surgical units in the Department of General Surgery, Government General Hospital, Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada over a period of 2 years from July 2013 to July 2015. The Objectives of present study is to compare the Conversion Rates of Laparoscopic Surgery to Open Surgery and the factors causing Conversion to Open Surgery in our institution. PATIENTS AND METHODS The protocol is approved by institution ethics committee and written informed consent was taken from each patient. Present clinical Study is an Analytical study conducted over period of 2 years from July 2013 to July 2015 in the Department of General Surgery, Government General Hospital, Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. RESULTS Total number of 536 laparoscopic surgeries were attempted in elective operation theatres with 21 cases out of 536 cases were converted from laparoscopy to open surgery. Total conversion rate in present study is 4%. Most of conversions occurred in laparoscopic chelecystectomy 5.73% cases in comparison to laparoscopic appendectomy 2.26% and laparoscopic hernia repair with 0%. CONCLUSIONS Over all conversion rates of laparoscopic procedure into open surgery is low when compared to other international studies. Most common causes of conversion in present study is altered anatomy, adhesions and intra operative bleed. Conversion of laparoscopic surgery into open surgery resulted in decreased morbidity, complications and increase in duration of hospital stay
