LigaSure Vessel Sealing System for Small Bowel Transection During Roux Limb Construction

Roux limb construction is an essential part of several major reconstructive hepatobiliary and upper gastrointestinal surgeries. This can be achieved with a stapling device or suturing. For over two decades, the LigaSure vessel sealing systems (Medtronic, MN, USA) have been in use for omental division, mesenteric transection, and sealing of vessels. We used the LigaSure vessel sealing system with a ForceTriad energy platform (Medtronic) for transection of the bowel during the formation of the Roux limb for a Roux-en-Y reconstruction. Between July 2019 and December 2020, patients who had Roux limb construction as part of a pancreato-enteric anastomosis in surgery for chronic pancreatitis were analysed. The data was reviewed from a prospectively maintained database. Fifteen patients had undergone surgery for chronic pancreatitis. The mentioned technique takes approximately eight minutes to construct a Roux limb. There was no bleeding from the gut ends that had been transected. There was no breach in the bowel’s seal. The field was free of enteric contamination. In the post-operative course of these individuals, there was no Roux limb-related morbidity. This procedure is useful because it is cost-effective, time-saving, dependable, and prevents contamination and blood loss. It is also simple to learn and apply.