Early experience with combined use of two plant-based hemostatic agents.
Bleeding from anastomoses, which is more effectively controlled with topical hemostatic agents than with sutures, has been one of the major problems in cardiovascular surgery. We describe a novel hemostatic technique using microporous polysaccharide hemosphere (Arista; Medafor Inc, Minneapolis, MN) in conjunction with a patch of oxidized regenerated cellulose (Nu-Knit; Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson, Somerville, NJ). Both of them are plant-based products and eliminate the risk of animal-borne or human-borne contaminants and have bactericidal advantages.
Matsushita
Tsutomu
T
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Maizuru Mutual Hospital, Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan. atmatsu@tokyonet.com.au
Masuda
Shinsuke
S
Inoue
Tomoya
T
D000287:Administration, Topical; D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002483:Cellulose, Oxidized / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D002483:Cellulose, Oxidized; D006490:Hemostatics; D011134:Polysaccharides