Study on Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Manual Suture and Different Models of Mechanical Suture in the Mimicking of Bariatric Surgery in Swine | Chapter 23 | New Horizons in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 1
Background: Differences in surgeon ability sparked the development of technologies that, by overcoming individual differences, allow for proper technique execution and the greatest possible final result. A procedure must be replicated consistently by the majority of surgeons in order for it to be adopted and recognised as effective. The goal of this study was to compare the results of manual sutures vs mechanical sutures in the treatment of gastroenteroanastomosis and enteroanastomosis in swine from the perspective of anatomic pathology utilising different models of linear mechanical staplers. The researchers employed 36 healthy, adult male Sus scrofa domesticus pigs that weighed between 20.7 and 25.5 kg. Group A, manual suture with Polysorb® 3-0 wire; group B, 80-shear linear stapler (Covidien® Gia 8038-S); group C, 75-shear linear stapler (Ethicon® Tlc 75); and group D, 75-shear linear stapler (Resource® Yq 75-3); and group E, 75-shear linear stapler (Resource® Yq 75-3). T...