The use of Ligasure Vessel Sealing System in Ivor Lewis esophagectomy

For this purpose, 60 patients who underwent Ivor Lewis esophagectomy were included in the study. The results were compared with the patients who underwent stomach mobilising procedure and esophagectomy with conventional methods (conventional group) before 2006 and the patients who underwent LVSS (group of LigaSure) in surgical cases after 2006. The cases were compared particularly in terms of intraoperative bleeding, operative time, duration of postoperative hospital stay, intraoperative complications, mortality, and morbidity.Of the patients, 34 (% 56.6) were female and 26 (43.3%) were male, and the range of the age was between 33 and 78, and the mean age of the patients was 52.73 ± 11,617. While the amount of intraoperative bleeding was 321.864 ± 575.00 ml in the conventional group, this was found to be 370.31 ± 238.456 ml in the LigaSure group (p = 0.007). In the statistical evaluation of the operative time, the mean duration was determined as 310.00 ± 24.795 minutes in the conventional group, whereas it was determined as 265.16 ± 31.353 minutes in the LigaSure group (p = 0.001).The use of LVSS was associated with a significant reduction in the operative time and the rate of intra-operative complications.Today, esophageal cancer can be best treated by the surgical methods. Worldwide esophageal cancer is one of the most deadly cancers. Surgical therapy remains as a main treatment method of esophageal cancer, and it is the best palliative procedure for the patients with dysphagia. The factors such as excessive intra-operative bleeding, blood transfusions, splenectomy procedures, and longer operative times lead to higher incidence of perioperative complications compared to extensive lymph node dissection [1]. In most research studies on esophageal cancer, the excess number of metastatic lymph nodes, higher rate of positive lymph nodes, amount of perioperative blood transfusion, tumor size, histological type, stage of tumor, and the need for respiratory support in th