Can Harmonic Focus Curved Shear Effectively Seal the Pancreatic Ducts and Prevent Pancreatic Leak? Feasibility Evaluation and Testing in Ex Vivo and In Vivo Porcine Models

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-283

  Chamberlain, Ronald S ^a,b   Korvick, Donna ^c   Mootoo, Mary ^c   Story, Sara ^a,d   Dubiel, Beata ^c   Sharpnack, Douglas ^e  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

^c ETHICON INC   (United States)

^d ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Grenada)

^e Vet Path Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

fistula; ligation; pancreas; pancreatectomy; postoperative; transection; ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROSURGERY; ENERGY; EVALUATION; EX VIVO STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; ILEUS; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS INJURY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATIC LEAK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ELECTROSURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; LIGATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC DUCTS; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURES; SWINE; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 70549113561     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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