Ultrasonically Activated Shears in Thyroid Surgery

Background: Ultrasonically activated shears (UAS) have been documented to be both safe and fast devices in laparoscopic surgery. We studied whether the use of UAS would have some advantage in thyroid surgery. Methods: Thyroidectomies, performed by one senior endocrine surgeon between December 1996 a...

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Published inThe American journal of surgery Vol. 175; no. 6; pp. 491 - 493
Main Authors Voutilainen, Petri E, Haapiainen, Reijo K, Haglund, Caj H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.06.1998
Elsevier
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Blood Loss, Surgical
Costs
Humans
Hypocalcemia
Laparoscopy
Medical sciences
Neurological disorders
Patients
Postoperative Complications
Retrospective Studies
Shears
Surgeons
Surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgical Instruments
Technology. Biomaterials. Equipments
Thoracic surgery
Thyroid
Thyroid gland
Thyroidectomy
Thyroidectomy - instrumentation
Ultrasonics
Endocrinopathy
Performance evaluation
Human
Biomedical equipment
Indication
Thyroid diseases
Thyroidectomy
Cutting
Mobilization
Equipment
Surgery
Scissors
Surgical approach
Endoscopy
Ultrasound
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Summary:Background: Ultrasonically activated shears (UAS) have been documented to be both safe and fast devices in laparoscopic surgery. We studied whether the use of UAS would have some advantage in thyroid surgery. Methods: Thyroidectomies, performed by one senior endocrine surgeon between December 1996 and February 1997, were retrospectively matched, with patients operated on by the same surgeon using the conventional method. Results: Six pairs of total thyroidectomies and one pair of lobectomies could be matched. Mean operating time was 100 minutes for the patients operated on with the UAS and 154 minutes for the patients operated on with the conventional method. The mean operating time with the UAS was thus on average 64.6% of the operation time with the conventional method, with a 95% confidence interval from 50.1% to 83.5% ( t = 4.00, 6 df, P = 0.007). Conclusions: In this material the use of UAS reduced significantly operating time in thyroidectomies.
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ISSN:0002-9610
1879-1883
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9610(98)00073-7