LEA 10. Experimental Model to Assess the Safety of Energy Sealing Devices in Saphenous Vein Graft in Bypass Surgery

Energy sealing devices achieve hemostasis of the blood vessels through sequential coagulation and transection. Although use has been widely spread in multiple surgical fields, safety for sealing collaterals of autologous grafts during bypass surgery is unknown. We compare the efficacy of the main sealing devices used, Electrothermal Bipolar Tissue Sealing System (EB; LigaSure, Valleylab Inc, Boulder, Colo) and Harmonic scalpel (HS; Ethicon, Somerville, NJ), vs conventional vessel ligation of saphenous vein collaterals for revascularization surgery.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - October 21, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Mois és Falcón Espínola, Irene Ramos Moreno, Rafael Martínez López, Nohelia Rojas Ferrer, Lucas Ribé Bernal, Manuel Miralles Hernández Source Type: research