Impact of type of minimally invasive approach on open conversions across ten common procedures in different specialties

• DOI: 10.1007/s00464-022-09073-5
• Publication Date: 2022-02-09T19:03:31Z
• Authors: Paresh C. Shah; Alexander de Groot; Robert Cerfolio; William C. Huang; Kathy Huang; Chao Song; Yanli Li; Usha Kreaden; Daniel S. Oh
• Keywords: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Conversion rates during minimally invasive surgery are generally examined in the limited scope of a particular procedure. However, for hospital or payor, cumulative impact conversions commonly performed procedures could have much larger negative effect than what is appreciated by individual surgeons. The aim this study to assess open conversion (MIS) across common using laparoscopic/thoracoscopic (LAP/VATS) and robotic-assisted (RAS) approaches.