OBJECTIVE To study the washing effect of different methods to keep the surgical instruments moist. METHODS The instruments which were selected from the routine surgical instruments within a week were washed after three different methods to keep moist. The washing effect was compared by eyes, without equipment and with 5 times magnifying glass. RESULTS The multienzymatic detergent was the best one to keep moist, the next was the water, and the chlorine releasing agent was the worst. CONCLUSIONS Hospitals should select the suitable method to keep moist by considering the actuality.

This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of closing the small bowel in an ex vivo porcine model with high-frequency welding device. A total of 100 porcine small bowels were divided into two groups, and then were closed with two different methods. The fifty small bowels in experimental group were closed by the high-frequency welding device, and the other fifty small bowels in comparison group were hand-sutured. All the small bowels were subjected to leak pressure testing later on. The speed of closure and bursting pressure were compared. The 50 porcine small bowels closed by the high-frequency welding device showed a success rate of 100%. Compared with the hand-sutured group, the bursting pressures of the former were significantly lower (P<0.01) and the closing process was significantly shorter (P<0.01). The pathological changes of the closed ends mainly presented as acute thermal and pressure induced injury. Experimental results show that the high-frequency welding device has higher feasibility in closing the small bowel.
Animals ; Feasibility Studies ; Intestine, Small ; surgery ; Suture Techniques ; instrumentation ; Swine