An alternative to felt pledgets in cardiac surgery.
Control of bleeding frequently requires the application of pledgeted sutures. While Teflon pledgets are useful and effective for the preparation of large pledgets, they are undesirable and frequently impossible to use when small pledgets are needed. Pledgets made of pericardium were found to be effective and can be fashioned in any needed size.
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium