What is the definition of "conversion" in laparoscopic colorectal surgery?

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2321-2326

  Shawki, Sherief ^a   Bashankaev, Badma ^a   Denoya, Paula ^a   Seo, Christina ^a   Weiss, Eric G ^a   Wexner, Steven D ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal surgery; Conversion; Conversion criteria; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON SURGERY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INCISION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 70350018153     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0329-2     Document Type: Article

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