Comparison of the LigaSure™ bipolar vessel sealer to monopolar electrocoagulation for thoracoscopic lobectomy and lymphadenectomy: a prospective randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-energy devices allow better vessel sealing compared with monopolar electrocautery and could improve the outcomes of surgical operations. The objective of the study was to compare tissue dissection by the LigaSure™ device with that by monopolar electrocoagulation for thoracoscopic lobectomy and lymphadenectomy.

Methods

This pragmatic, parallel group, prospective randomized controlled trial was funded by the Medtronic External Research Program (ISR-2016-10,756) and registered at www.

Clinicaltrials

gov (NCT03125798). The study included patients aged 18 years or older, who had undergone thoracoscopic lobectomy with lymphadenectomy at the Department of Thoracic Surgery of Poznan University of Medical Sciences between May 3, 2018, and November 4, 2021. Usin

SUBMITTER: Gabryel P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10234868 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature