Objective: To compare the efficiency of ligasure vessel-sealing system with conventional sutures ligation method in vaginal hysterectomy. Methods: A randomized clinical trial (RCT) was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at King Hussein Medical Centre in Jordan between March 2010 and May 2012. A total of 100 patients for vaginal hysterectomy were recruited in this study: li...

OBJECTIVE To assess the safety and efficacy of using the LigaSure vessel sealing system for securing the pedicles during vaginal hysterectomy in comparison with the conventional method of securing the pedicles by suture ligation. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Gynaecology Department, Benenden Hospital, Kent. POPULATION One hundred and sixteen women undergoing vaginal hysterec...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) has become the standard approach for most splenectomy cases. Bleeding is the main complication and cause for conversion. We present our experience with the LigaSure and discuss its advantage as a vessel sealing system in achieving safe vascular control. METHOD Over a 3-year period, we performed 12 consecutive LS using LigaSure at a single center. A lit...

BACKGROUND Anal canal dilatation and sphincterotomy have been recommended besides hemorrhoidectomy to overcome the anal pressures in the management of hemorrhoids. The aim of this study to compare internal sphincterotomy and hemorrhoidectomy with hemorrhoidectomy alone with respect to manometric and clinical measures. METHODS One hundred twenty patients with hemorrhoids were randomly assigned...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the usefulness of the LigaSure Precise instrument in superficial lobectomy of the parotid gland. DESIGN Prospective study of the surgical procedures in the LigaSure Vessel Sealing System and comparison with a conventionally treated control group. SETTING Secondary care academic referral center. Patients Thirty-five patients with a parotid gland benign tumor were random...

Hemorrhoidectomy is the treatment of choice for patients with third or fourth-degree hemorrhoids. Although the majority of surgeons believe that surgical hemorrhoidectomy is the most effective approach with excellent results in the management of hemorrhoid disease, but hemorrhoidectomy is not a simple procedure. One of the complications of this surgery is an injury to anal sphincters that can l...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the hemostatic effects and safety of thyroidectomy performed using the LigaSure vessel-sealing device (Valleylab, Boulder, Colorado) or the conventional vessel ligation. DATA SOURCES The MEDLINE, EMBASE, Elsevier, SpringerLink, Ovid, and Cochrane Library electronic databases as well as the LigaSure manufacturer's Web site were searched for studies published between 1996 ...

A meta-analysis was performed of 29 prospective, randomized trials (published January 1, 2000, to August 14, 2007) comparing an electrothermal bipolar vessel sealing system (EBVS-LigaSure, Covidien) (total n = 1107 patients) with either clamping with suture ligation/ electrocauterization (n = 1079 patients) or ultrasonic energy (eg, Harmonic Scalpel, Johnson & Johnson). Hemorrhoidectomy (12 art...

Background. LigaSure is a bipolar clamping device used in open and laparoscopic surgeries for producing haemostasis in vascular pedicles up to 7 mm in diameter ("Covidien LigaSure technology: consistent, reliable, trusted vessel sealing," 2012). The use of LigaSure has made securing haemostasis and tissue dissection relatively easy especially in laparoscopic surgery; however, if not used with c...