Colorectal

LIGASURE™ FAST FACTS

LigaSure™ technology has been used in more than 4 million procedures worldwide.

There are well over 200 published peer-reviewed studies on LigaSure™ technology.

TissueFect™ sensing technology monitors changes in tissue impedance 3,333 times a second, and adjusts energy output accordingly to deliver the appropriate amount of energy for the desired tissue effect.

Valleylab™ mode is responsive energy that helps surgeons manage the tissue effect of surgical devices.

LigaSure™ technology can fuse vessels, including pulmonary vasculature*, up to and including 7 mm, lymphatics and tissue bundles with an average seal cycle of two to four seconds* (*when used with the ForceTriad™ energy platform).

Colectomy

Surgical resection of the colon and/or the rectum is most often done for cancer, diverticular disease, obstruction or ischemia. Traditionally, it is performed through a midline incision, though we see an increased trend for laparoscopic cases. The extent of surgical resection is determined by the location of the lesion to be removed and the regional distribution of lymph nodes in cancer cases. The general term “colectomy” includes (a) right hemicolectomy, (b) transverse colectomy, (c) left hemicolectomy, (d) sigmoid colectomy and total colectomy — the difference being anatomical location. A low anterior resection (LAR) is the removal of the proximal portion of the rectum and the mid portion of the sigmoid colon. An abdominoperineal resection (APR) is the removal of the rectum and the distal sigmoid colon.