LigaSure (TM) compared with ligatures and endoclips in experimental appendectomy: how safe is it?

Elemen L., YAZIR Y., TUGAY M., AKAY M. A., AYDIN S., YANAR K., ...More

PEDIATRIC SURGERY INTERNATIONAL, vol.26, no.5, pp.539-545, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00383-010-2557-x
  • Journal Name: PEDIATRIC SURGERY INTERNATIONAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.539-545
  • Keywords: Appendectomy, Endoclips, Ligatures, LigaSure (TM), LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY, SEALING SYSTEM, APPENDICEAL STUMP, CYSTIC DUCT, CHILDREN, CLIP, ANASTOMOSES, SURGERY, CLOSURE, RATS
  • Kocaeli University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The present study aims to compare strength, healing, and inflammation of appendiceal stumps closed by LigaSure Precise (TM) (Valleylab, Boulder, CO, USA) device, ligatures using polyglactin 910 (Vicryl, Ethicon, Edinburgh, UK) and endoclips (Ligaclip ERCA, Ethicon, OH, USA), and operation time (OT) in experimental appendectomy.