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Abstract
Few studies have been designed to assess the performance of surgical staplers. In this study, we analyzed the effect of staple height, buttressing, and overlapping of staple lines on staple line failure.Staple lines created on fresh porcine small bowel segments ex vivo were tested for leak pressure by insufflating air into the bowel under water and recording pressure at failure. Three separate experiments were done and included staple height (white, 2.5 mm, n = 16; blue, 3.5 mm, n = 16; green, 4.1 mm, n = 16; one half of them buttressed); the absence (n = 12) or presence (n = 12) of an overlap in 3.5-mm staple lines; and the absence (n = 14) or presence (n = 11) of buttresses in 3.5-mm overlapping staple lines. Data are reported in median values and ranges; nonparametric tests were used for data analysis.In the porcine small bowel, leak pressure was related to staple height; green loads had the worst profile (35 mm Hg, range 19-105) compared with the blue (79 mm Hg, range 9-177), and white (108 mm Hg, range 28-280) loads (P = .006). Buttressing uniformly improved leak pressure for all staple loads (P <.0001). No significant difference was found between lines with overlapping (59 mm Hg, range 32-121) and those without (42 mm Hg, range 22-75; P = .162). Buttressing also improved the leak pressure of overlapping staple lines from 65 mm Hg (range 47-121) to 93 mm Hg (range 75-187; P = .0014).Great variability was found in the leak pressures among the different applications of the same stapler. Staple height is an important determinant of leak pressure. The presence of an overlap did not affect leak pressure; in fact, a trend toward improvement was seen with overlapping staple lines. Buttressing improved all types of staple lines.
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.soard.2007.11.008
View details for Web of Science ID 000261097800011
View details for PubMedID 18226977