Table 6 Type of operation and operative approach
From: Results from the first Kuwait National Bariatric Surgery Report
Type of operation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balloon | Primary | Revision | Unspecified | All | |
Operative approach | |||||
Counts | |||||
Laparoscopic | 19 | 2687 | 402 | 0 | 3108 |
Laparoscopic converted to open | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Endoscopic | 167 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 171 |
Open | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Unspecified | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
All | 187 | 2704 | 411 | 0 | 3302 |
Percentages | |||||
Laparoscopic | 10.2% | 99.9% | 98.5% | 94.6% | |
Laparoscopic converted to open | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.1% | |
Endoscopic | 89.8% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 5.2% | |
Open | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 5.2% | |