World-renowned bariatric surgeon Dr. Michel Gagner walks through using the AEON surgical stapler from Lexington Medical on a sleeve gastrectomy at the Westmount Square Surgical Center.
What You’ll Learn
- Optimized Tissue Compression Protocols: How to deploy a multi-speed, slow-firing technique using a Black reload (5.0mm open to 2.2mm closed) near the pylorus to maximize tissue compression, minimize serosal cracking, and reduce bleeding risks without buttress material.
- Strategic Step-Down Stapling: The clinical rationale for stepping down staple heights—from Black, to Purple, to Orange—during a sleeve gastrectomy, driven by real-time visual inspection of the tissue crotch to ensure ideal apposition.
- Risk Mitigation at the Angle of His: Why integrating the exclusive AEON™ Short Tip reload during final fundal firings significantly decreases the risk of inadvertent injury to the liver capsule and spleen in tight anatomical spaces
