Background and objective Minimally invasive techniques in the surgical treatment of hemorrhoids have been gaining popularity. Laser hemorrhoidoplasty (LHP) LigaSure™ (LigH; Medtronic, Dublin, Ireland) hemorrhoidectomy methods are most recent innovative that increasingly used. In this study, we aimed to compare effectiveness these two techniques. Methods The data patients who underwent LHP or Li...

BACKGROUND Sutureless thyroid surgery utilizing thermal sealing is now well established. However, incremental advances in technology still require formal clinical evaluation in order to ensure that added technology does not compromise safety. In this study, we compared a new thermal sealing device incorporating a tissue divider (LigaSure Small Jaw) with the device we have previously reported fo...

BACKGROUND In thyroid surgery vessel division and haemostasis make up an important and time consuming part of the operation. While the presence of the recurrent laryngeal nerve limits the liberal use of diathermia, the many arterial and venous branches to and from the thyroid gland necessitates the use of numerous conventional suture ligatures.This study evaluates the effect of using a vessel s...

Purpose of Study: To compare the short term outcome Ligasure haemorrhoidectomy with Milligan Morgan technique for third and fourth degree haemorrhoids. Design The present study was a single-blind randomized controlled trial. Duration Location This trial conducted at Akhtar Saeed Trust Teaching Hospital, Lahore. is 6 months June 2021 to December 2021. Patients Methods: A total 80 subjects suffer...

AIM The aim of this study was to compare the safety, the efficacy and the oncologic results in rectal cancer with total mesorectal excision using Ligasure (LS), a modern bipolar vessel sealing system, with monopolar electrocoagulation or stitches (ME). METHODS From July 2005 to December 2007 one hundred twenty-nine patients underwent colon resection for cancer at the San Martino Hospital of G...

BACKGROUND Blood loss during resection of the hepatic parenchyma in hepatectomy can be minimized using vessel-sealing (VS) devices. Some sealing devices were retrospectively compared to evaluate the efficacy of each device for controlling blood loss, transection time and postoperative complications in hepatectomy as a cohort study. METHODS Between 2005 and September 2012, hepatectomy was unde...

AIM To evaluate the efficacy and safety of applying the LigaSure system (approved for vessel sealing) to intestine sealing procedures. METHODS Fifteen New Zealand rabbits underwent laparotomic intestinal resection of the cecum (7 animals, group 1) or small intestine (8 animals, group 2), sealing the stumps by applying precisely controlled electrothermal energy and physical pressure in an expe...