Patient Enrollment Begins in Study on Efficacy of GORE SEAMGUARD Staple Line Reinforcement for Circular Surgical Staplers

W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) announced that patient enrollment has begun in a study entitled, "Efficacy of Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement in Colorectal and Coloanal Anastomoses." The primary purpose of this prospective, randomized multicenter study is to evaluate and compare the outcomes of high risk colorectal or coloanal anastomoses constructed with GORE SEAMGUARD(R) Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement for circular surgical staplers to standard non-reinforced colorectal and coloanal techniques with respect to the incidence of post-operative anastomotic leakage, anastomotic stricture and time to ileostomy closure. The first synthetic, bioabsorbable material of its kind,...

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