Air and fluid leak tests after NOTES procedures: a pilot study in a live porcine model (with videos) - 23/08/11
Reprint requests: Sergey V. Kantsevoy, MD, PhD, Division of Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 E Monument St, Room 423, Baltimore, MD 21205.Baltimore, Maryland, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA, Paris, France, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Abstract |
Background |
Transluminal access site closure remains a major challenge in natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES).
Objective |
Our purpose was to develop in vivo leak tests for evaluation of the integrity of transgastric access closure.
Settings |
Survival experiments on 12 50-kg pigs.
Design and Interventions |
After a standardized transgastric approach to the peritoneal cavity and peritoneoscopy, the gastric wall incision was closed with T-bars (Wilson-Cook Medical, Winston-Salem, NC) deployed on both sides of the incision and then cinched together. Gastrotomy closure was assessed with air and fluid leak tests. The animals were observed for 1 week and then underwent endoscopic evaluation and necropsy.
Main Outcome Measurements |
(1) Leak-proof closure of the gastric wall incision. (2) Gastric incision healing 1 week after the procedure.
Results |
The mean intraperitoneal pressure increased 10.7 ± 3.7 mm Hg during gastric insufflation when the air leak test was performed before closure compared with 0.9 ± 0.8 mm Hg after transmural closure of the transgastric access site with T-bars (P < .001). Fluid leak tests demonstrated no leakage of liquid contrast from the stomach into the peritoneal cavity after closure. Necropsy in 1 week confirmed completeness of the gastric closure in all animals with full-thickness healing and no spillage of the gastric contents into the peritoneal cavity.
Limitations |
Leak tests were only evaluated on an animal model.
Conclusions |
Fluid and air leak tests are simple techniques to evaluate in vivo the adequacy of the transluminal access site closure after NOTES procedures. Leak-proof gastric closure resulted in adequate tissue approximation and full-thickness healing of the gastric wall incision.
El texto completo de este artículo está disponible en PDF.Abbreviations : IRB, NOTES
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Vol 68 - N° 3
P. 513-519 - septembre 2008 Regresar al número
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