title: [A Feasibility Study of closing the small bowel with high-frequency welding device].
abstract: This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of closing the small bowel in an ex vivo porcine model with high-frequency welding device. A total of 100 porcine small bowels were divided into two groups, and then were closed with two different methods. The fifty small bowels in experimental group were closed by the high-frequency welding device, and the other fifty small bowels in comparison group were hand-sutured. All the small bowels were subjected to leak pressure testing later on. The speed of closure and bursting pressure were compared. The 50 porcine small bowels closed by the high-frequency welding device showed a success rate of 100%. Compared with the hand-sutured group, the bursting pressures of the former were significantly lower (P<0.01) and the closing process was significantly shorter (P<0.01). The pathological changes of the closed ends mainly presented as acute thermal and pressure induced injury. Experimental results show that the high-frequency welding device has higher feasibility in closing the small bowel.
authors: Huabin
authors: H
authors: Zhou
authors: Shuai
authors: S
authors: Han
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Chen
authors: Dequn
authors: D
authors: Huang
authors: Liang
authors: L
authors: Peng
authors: Jingxuan
authors: J
authors: Ning
authors: Zhou
authors: Z
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013552:Swine