title: The use of superelastic suture clips in laparoscopic gastric banding.
abstract: Nickel-Titanium suture clips have been developed to enhance suturing in cardiovascular surgery (U-CLIP), Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA). The first applications of superelastic suture clips in bariatric surgery were reported by Barba and Kane in 2004. No other experiences in this field have been reported or published. Our experience with this newly developed suture clip, used for suturing the anterior wrap in laparoscopic gastric banding, started in 2007. The U-Clip technology and the surgical technique are described and discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, BMM Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy. marcomlirici@tiscali.it
authors.forename: Marco Maria
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Lirici
authors.forename: Flora
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Salerno
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Califano
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004548:Elasticity; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D009532:Nickel; D014025:Titanium