Comparison between LigaSure™ and Harmonic® in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Single-Center Experience on 422 Patients

<div class="floats-full-page floats-full-page-other"><h2>Table 2</h2><div class="floats-full-page-caption"><div>Intraoperative and perioperative complications of the patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with LigaSure™ and Harmonic Ace®.</div></div><div class="floats-full-page-content"><table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr /></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">LigaSure™</td><td class="align_center">Harmonic Ace®</td><td class="align_center"><svg height="10.2124pt" id="M8" style="vertical-align:-3.42943pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -6.78297 7.83752 10.2124" width="7.83752pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M570 304C570 398 525 448 414 448C385 448 343 445 312 434L329 511L321 518C297 504 262 482 244 460L233 411C195 397 159 381 128 358L135 332C160 347 189 360 224 373L111 -147C97 -210 84 -218 17 -231L13 -257L254 -247L259 -218L233 -216C183 -212 177 -202 189 -142L218 -1C238 -10 266 -12 283 -12C351 3 429 48 483 105C543 168 570 242 570 304ZM482 289C482 161 380 33 304 33C278 33 248 51 233 69L303 396C326 400 352 403 369 403C428 403 482 380 482 289Z"></path></g></svg> value</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Intraoperative complications (n)</i></td><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_left"> </td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Omentum bleedings</td><td class="align_center">25</td><td class="align_center">28</td><td class="align_center">0.337</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Staple line bleedings</td><td class="align_center">58</td><td class="align_center">44</td><td class="align_center">0.409</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Clips</td><td class="align_center">45</td><td class="align_center">33</td><td class="align_center">0.391</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Absorbable hemostat</td><td class="align_center">20</td><td class="align_center">26</td><td class="align_center">0.156</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Postoperative complications (n)</i></td><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_left"> </td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Hemorrhage</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">0.924</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Abscess</td><td class="align_center">4</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">0.509</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Leak</td><td class="align_center">3</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">0.763</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Fever</td><td class="align_center">4</td><td class="align_center">5</td><td class="align_center">0.589</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Mortality</td><td class="align_center">0</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">0.284</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Complications needing revision (n)</i></td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">0.584</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr" /></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></div>

Table 2 | Comparison between LigaSure™ and Harmonic® in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Single-Center Experience on 422 Patients

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Table 2: Comparison between LigaSure™ and Harmonic® in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Single-Center Experience on 422 Patients

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