One-shot aortic anastomosis with an automatic stapling gun

Watanabe, Go; Ohtake, Hiroshi; Iino, Kenji; Tomita, Shigeyuki

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.12.029

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“…Since their invention, surgical staplers have been routinely used in pulmonary and gastrointestinal procedures. However, there are few studies in which circular stapling devices, such as the Intraluminal Stapler System 18 (Ethicon, Somerville, NJ) and the EEA Stapler 19 (Covidien, Mansfield, Mass), have been used in aortic surgery. To form the anastomosis, the anvil is tied into one end of the aorta with a polypropylene purse-string suture.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A total of 41 studies 10,11,13,14,[16][17][18][19] were identified that reported outcomes for the use of AADs during surgery for thoracic and abdominal aortic reconstruction (Supplementary Tables I and II, online only). The meta-analysis included 27 studies with 50 cohorts, incorporating 1260 patients (Supplementary Table I, online only).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Also, 30 animal studies were identified that were subsequently excluded. Fourteen studies 13,14,16,18,21,25,35,[37][38][39][42][43][44]51 with a population of fewer than three patients were excluded. The corresponding sample sizes ranged from 4 to 101 individuals, and the follow-up period ranged from 12 to 204 months.…”

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Α systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of aortic anastomotic devices

Manolesou

Papaioannou

Georgiopoulos

et al. 2019

Journal of Vascular Surgery

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Objective: One of the factors contributing to complications related to open repair of the aorta is the construction of a hand-sewn anastomosis. Aortic anastomotic devices (AADs), such as the intraluminal ringed graft (IRG), and the anastomotic stenting technique have been developed to perform a sutureless and less complicated anastomosis. This study performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature reporting clinical use of AADs and aimed to assess, primarily, the effect of each device on 30-day overall and operation-related mortality and aortic cross-clamping time and, secondarily, the rate of successful two-sided application of the IRG device and the operation-related morbidity for each device.Methods: An electronic search was performed using MEDLINE, Scopus, ScienceDirect, and Cochrane Library by two independent authors. Our exclusion criteria included studies incorporating fewer than three patients and studies reporting results solely from animals or in vitro testing, results solely from end-to-side anastomosis, and results solely from endarterectomy procedures. The last search date was February 1, 2018.Results: A total of 41 studies were identified that reported outcomes for the use of three different device types: IRG, anastomotic stenting technique, and surgical staplers. The last two types were classified together as the non-IRG group. The meta-analysis included 27 studies with 50 cohorts incorporating 1260 patients. The median age of the incorporated patients was 61.4 years (range, 51-73 years), and 68.9% were male. The operations were performed for the treatment of acute aortic dissection in 82.3%. The pooled overall 30-day mortality rate varied by device type; IRG devices had a mean rate of all-cause mortality of 9.71%, whereas non-IRG devices were associated with a significantly (I 2 ¼ 15.78%; P for Cochrane Q test < .19) lower rate of death (1.47%). The pooled mean aortic cross-clamping time was 35.83 minutes. Metaregression showed that the performance of two-sided anastomosis with the IRG device significantly decreased the aortic cross-clamping time. However, a successful two-sided ringed anastomosis was performed in approximately half of the cases.Conclusions: Taking into account that the majority of operations were performed for the treatment of acute aortic dissection, AADs had a relatively low rate of 30-day mortality. Despite the observed heterogeneity in study protocols and the small sample size in the non-IRG group, the non-IRG group presented with the lowest 30-day mortality rate. Specific device-related complications between the different device types need further investigation.

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confidence: 99%