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New Technology

Invited commentary

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Blake 1570, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114

(Email: wright.cameron@mgh.harvard.edu).

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The authors [1] describe the use of the LigaSure system device (Valleylab, Boulder, CO) in 30 patients undergoing esophagectomy and compare the early results with another 30 patients during the same time period. It is unclear if this was a randomized study and how standardized the surgical teams were in this study as well. Use of the LigaSure device (Valleylab) to seal tissue pedicles in both the chest and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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