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surgical hemostasis
Indications:
- control of hemorrhage during surgery
Procedure:
- application of pressure
- electrical cauterization
- blood vessel ligation
- clamping of bleeding blood vessel with hemostat
- fresh frozen plasma
- topical procoagulants
- topical gelatins, collagens, oxidized celluloses
- topical thrombin & fibrin sealants
- synthetic glues,
- glutaraldehyde-based glues
General
control of hemorrhage
surgery
References
- Sileshi B et al
Management of surgical hemostasis: topical agents.
Vascular. 2008 Mar-Apr;16 Suppl 1:S22-8.
PMID: 18544302
- SnoMed