Phase 1 Trial Evaluating Safety of Pulmonary Artery Sealing With Ultrasonic Energy in VATS Lobectomy Eric Goudie, MD, Ricardo L. Oliveira, MD, Vicky Thiffault, BSN, Adeline Jouquan, MSc, Edwin Lafontaine, MD, Pasquale Ferraro, MD, Moishe Liberman, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 105, Issue 1, Pages 214-220 (January 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.013 Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Consort diagram. (ACE = HARMONIC ACE +7 Shears with Advanced Hemostasis; PA = pulmonary artery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 105, 214-220DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.013) Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Four-millimeter pulmonary artery branch sealed with the HARMONIC ACE +7 Shears with Advanced Hemostasis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 105, 214-220DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.013) Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Instrument tip size comparison. (Top) HARMONIC ACE +7 Shears with Advanced Hemostasis (Ethicon, Cincinnati, OH). (Middle) Endo GIA 30- to 2.5-mm stapler (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN). (Bottom) Endopath ETS 35-mm stapler (Ethicon). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2018 105, 214-220DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.013) Copyright © 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions