Table 2

Summary of the studies on Hartmann procedure reversal in the open surgery and laparoscopic surgery literature

Country	Study	Year	Procedure	No. cases	Conversions, no. (%)	Morbidity, %	Mortality, %	LOS, d
UK	Roe et al. (3)	1991	Open	69	—	30.0	3.0	—
UK	Pearce et al. (1)	1992	Open	80	—	16.0	4.0	—
UK	Wigmore et al. (2)	1995	Open	178	—	10.6	0.6	—
France	Kunin et al. (4)	1992	Open	23	—	47.8	4.3	—
Australia	Keck et al. (5)	1994	Open	50	—	26.0	2.0	—
USA	Anderson et al. (19)	1993	Laparoscopic	2	0	0	0	—
USA	Sosa et al. (9)	1994	Laparoscopic	18	4 (22.2)	14.3	0	4.3
USA	Costantino et al. (20)	1994	Laparoscopic	3	0	0	0	5.3
USA	Vernava et al. (7)	1995	Laparoscopic	2	0	0	0	4.0
UK	Macpherson et al. (10)	1996	Laparoscopic	12	0	8.0	0	8.0
Brazil	Regadas et al. (21)	1996	Laparoscopic	20	3 (15.0)	41.0	0	4.0
Spain	Delgado et al. (22)	1998	Laparoscopic	11	1 (9.1)	0	0	7.0
Germany	Kohler et al. (12)	1999	Laparoscopic	18	2 (11.1)	16.7	0	7.5
Ireland	Holland et al. (23)	2002	Laparoscopic	4	1 (25.0)	0	0	7.0
France	Vacher et al. (13)	2002	Laparoscopic	38	6 (15.8)	23.5	2.7	10.0
USA	Rosen et al. (11)	2005	Laparoscopic	22	2 (9.1)	18.0	0	4.2
France	Mutter et al. (18)	2006	Laparoscopic	6	0	0	0	8.5
Israel	Khaikin et al. (14)	2006	Laparoscopic	27	4 (14.8)	33.0	0	6.0
France	Chouillard et al. (17)	2007	Laparoscopic	27	3 (11.1)	15.0	0	12.0
Germany	Carus et al. (15)	2008	Laparoscopic	28	5 (17.9)	14.3	0	8.6
UK	Slawik et al. (16)	2008	Laparoscopic	28	2 (7.1)	17.9	7.0	3.0
Canada	Huynh et al.	2010	Laparoscopic	28	0	10.7	0	5.0