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Laparoscopic Instruments. Dr Deepak Dubey, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. Light Source. Consists of Lamp Heat Filter Condensing lens Manual or automatic intensity control circuit. LAMPS Quartz Halogen- Electrodes of Tungsten Incandescent Bulbs Xenon. Laparoflator.
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Laparoscopic Instruments Dr Deepak Dubey, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore
Light Source • Consists of • Lamp • Heat Filter • Condensing lens • Manual or automatic intensity control circuit • LAMPS • Quartz Halogen- Electrodes of Tungsten • Incandescent Bulbs • Xenon
Laparoscopic Instruments • Discovered by a Hungarian Internist Janos Veress in 1932 for collapsing infected lung in TB patients
BJU 2005 • Overall score 41%. • Monopolar energy is the most preferred in 74%. • Monopolar energy is used by >85% for laparoscopic procedures. • Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI): the rapid increase of laparoscopy has created simultaneous increase in injuries from ESI.
Standard Techniques • Electrosurgical- Monoploar • Electrosurgical- Bipolar • Ultracision- Harmonic scalpel • Vessel sealing system- Ligasure Newer Technology • Gyrus-ACMI plasmakinetictrisector • Enseal- nanotechnology • Starion sealing system.
Monopolarcautery. • Monopolar Electrosurgical • Coagulates vessels upto 2 mm • Current leaks, insulation breaks. • Capacitative coupling. • Contact with other conducting instruments • Thermal spread to vital structures • Charring of tissue • smoke
Conventional Bipolar Cautery • Coagulates vessels upto 7 mm • Stray Energy • Blackening of Tissue • Insulation Failure
The Harmonic Scalpel Mechanical energy Electrical energy
The Harmonic Scalpel Blade extender Silicon nodes Protein coagulation Blade vibrates at 55,000/sec 50o C 100o C Proteins Disorganise to form a coagulum
Harmonic Scalpel : Tissue effects Amaral JF, Chrostek CA .SAGES, 1995
The Harmonic Scalpel: Technique • Tissue tension • Blade sharpness • Time • Power level • Grip force
Conventional bipolar vs. modern technique • feedback-controlled bipolar vessel sealing • high current, low voltage • pulsating energy • ”cooling intervals” • simultaneous compression applied • instruments measure the current between jaws during coagulation • minimal thermal spread • sealing effect • denaturation of collagen and elastin fibers • no thrombus formation
Collagen-elastin seal: Kennedy JS: Surg Endosc 1998
Bipolar: Ligasure • Permanently fuses vessels upto and including 7 mm in diameter • Unique combination of pressure and energy to create vessel fusion. • Feedback-controlled system automatically discontinues energy when seal cycle is complete.
Mean burst pressure(mmHg) by device Harold KL et al., Surg Endosc 2003
FDA approval • ultrasonic energy for vessels up to 3 mm • EBVS (elctrothermal bipolar vessel sealer) for vessels up to 7 mm
Extent of thermal injury by device • EBSV (Ligasure) • 2-3 mm • Ultrasonic scalpel (Harmonic) • 0-1 mm Landman J et al., J Urol, 2003
Bipolar: GyrusPlasmakinetic system • Plasmacision leverages the electrically conductive properties of tissue fluid to form a tightly defined low-temperature plasma field. • In Plasmacision cut phase, the plasma corona precisely divides tissue. • In bipolar coag phase the Plasma knife tip delivers controlled RF to elevate tissue temeperature, dessicating and sealing blod vessels.
Bipolar: Enseal • Utilises a nanotechnology feedback system wherein the temperature is adjusted by feedback from the nanoparticles in the device. • Minimises lateral thermal spread.
Ligasure Vs Gyrus PK (Bursting pressure) Carbonnel 2003, J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A;16(6):377
Mean time to SEAL Comparison of devices to seal 5 mm bovine arteries Lamberton 2008, J Endourol;16(6):377. Prospective comparison of four vessel sealing devices.
Mean Burst Pressure Lamberton 2008, J Endourol;16(6):377. Prospective comparison of four vessel sealing devices.
Mean smoke/vapor production Lamberton 2008, J Endourol;16(6):377. Prospective comparison of four vessel sealing devices.
All four instruments efficacious and safe in sealing and cutting blood vessels • All instruments created good seals with supraphysiologic bursting pressures • Enseal highest bursting pressure, however even lowest bursting pressures were in supraphysiologic range • Ligasure instruments create a wider seal • Heating higher with Harmonic ACE Ligasure Harmonic ACE ENSEAL Gyrus PK