Defining the Relationship Between Compressive Stress and Tissue Trauma During Laparoscopic Surgery Using Human Large Intestine

• Published in: IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine Vol. 7; pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Khan, Amanda Farah, Macdonald, Matthew Kenneth, Streutker, Catherine, Rowsell, Corwyn, Drake, James, Grantcharov, Teodor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.01.2019; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Adhesion; Bleeding; Colon; compression; Compression tests; Compressive properties; Compressive stress; Force; Gastrointestinal tract; Graspers; Hemorrhage; Human tissues; Injuries; Intestine; Laparoscopes; Laparoscopic surgery; Laparoscopy; Large intestine; Perforation; stress; Surgery; tissue trauma; Trauma; tissue trauma; stress; Laparoscopic surgery; intestine; compression

Excessive magnitudes of compressive stress exerted on gastrointestinal tissues can lead to pathological scar tissue or adhesion formation, bleeding, inflammation or even death from bowel perforation and sepsis. It is currently unknown however, at exactly what magnitude of compressive stress that the...