Title: Suture Materials, Staplers, and Tissue Apposition Devices
Abstract: Suture remains the most common means of achieving apposition of wound edges to promote optimal healing. Sutures are classified as absorbable or nonabsorbable, and monofilament or multifilament. Suture is selected for a specific digestive organ wound repair considering the physical characteristics of the suture material, and the environment and healing rate of the tissue involved in the repair. As a rule, more pliable and smaller diameter sutures have favorable handling properties in gastrointestinal surgery compared to larger, stiffer suture materials. Surgical staples have been used in virtually all aspects of gastrointestinal surgeries. They are classified as skin staplers, linear staplers, and circular or end-to-end staplers. For intestinal use, regular-size disposable skin staplers using stainless steel staples. Linear cutting and stapling devices are often used for pulmonary, cardiac, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, or reproductive applications. Circular stapling devices are used to perform end-to-end, end-to-side, or side-to-side anastomoses in the gastrointestinal tract.
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-05-12
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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