Use of a New Stapling Device in General Thoracic Surgery

Lexington Medical

Status

Completed

Conditions

Thoracic Cancer

Treatments

Device: AEON Endostapler

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT05143541

Endostapler04

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study was to test the safety and efficacy of this stapler in our general thoracic surgery practice.

Full description

A prospective study was conducted with 80 consecutive thoracic cases. Stapler usage data, intraoperative outcomes, and 30-day post-operative outcomes were evaluated.

Enrollment

80 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients undergoing planned VATS or open lung resection surgery (lobectomy or wedge resection)

Exclusion criteria

Active bacterial or fungal infection
Prior history of VATS or open lung surgery
Use of staple line reinforcement material (buttress)
Patients under the age of 18 on the date of the surgery
Any female patient who is pregnant
Scheduled concurrent surgical procedure other than lobectomy or wedge resection (central venous access - e.g., port placement, mediastinoscopy with lymph node sampling, and VATS lymphadenectomy are allowed)