Use of current automatic smoke evacuation system in flexible gastrointestinal endoscopy: Its feasibility and potential usefulness.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Flexible endoscopy does not have a system that can automatically evacuate surgical smoke generated in the gastrointestinal lumen. We aimed to investigate the feasibility and potential usefulness of automatic smoke evacuation systems in flexible endoscopy.

Methods

[Bench] After surgical smoke generated in the stomach was evacuated by the evacuator, the degree of residual smoke and gastric luminal collapse were evaluated to optimize the evacuator settings. [Animal] Insufflation, suction, and total operation time to complete the protocol of 10 cauterizations of the gastric mucosa were measured in three groups: "manual suction only," "manual suction with automatic evacuation (50% force)," and "manual suction with automatic evacuation (70% force)." The stability of end

SUBMITTER: Nose Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11007223 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature