Dangers in the use of staplers in liver surgery

The use of endoscopic vascular staplers has become common practice in recent years both in open and minimally invasive surgery. The technological advances, however, are not free of problems. In our practice, we have come across two cases where the Endopath ETS Flex 45 Endoscopic Articulating Linear...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2007-11, Vol.89 (8), p.810-811
Main Authors: Riga, Angela, Karanjia, Nariman
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Blood Loss, Surgical - prevention & control
Case Report
Colorectal Neoplasms
Endoscopy
Equipment Failure
Female
Gastrointestinal surgery
Humans
Laparoscopy
Liver
Liver Neoplasms - secondary
Liver Neoplasms - surgery
Male
Metastasis
Mortality
Ostomy
Pulmonary arteries
Surgical Staplers - adverse effects
Veins & arteries
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The use of endoscopic vascular staplers has become common practice in recent years both in open and minimally invasive surgery. The technological advances, however, are not free of problems. In our practice, we have come across two cases where the Endopath ETS Flex 45 Endoscopic Articulating Linear Cutter failed with dangerous consequences.
ISSN:0035-8843
1478-7083
DOI:10.1308/003588407X232189