Dec 14, 2023 · Topical hemostatic agents (physical agents, biologically active agents) and tissue adhesives are used as an adjunct or alternative to standard surgical techniques to manage bleeding from surgical surfaces, and are particularly useful for diffuse nonanatomic bleeding, bleeding associated with sensitive structures, and bleeding in patients with ...

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Jul 23, 2021 · HEMOSTATIC AGENTS Topical hemostatic agents are used when surgical hemostasis is inadequate or impractical. The two main categories of topical hemostatic agents are physical agents, which promote hemostasis using a passive substrate, and biologically active agents, which enhance coagulation at the bleeding site (table 1).

87 PubMed TI Novel hemostatic adhesive powder for nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding. AU Park JS, Kim HK, Shin YW, Kwon KS, Lee DH SO Endosc Int Open. 2019;7 (12):E1763. Epub 2019 Dec 10. Background and study aims A new hemostatic adhesive powder (UI-EWD) was developed to reduce high rebleeding rates and technical challenges associated with application of currently available ...

Hussein M, Alzoubaidi D, Lopez MF, et al. Hemostatic spray powder TC-325 in the primary endoscopic treatment of peptic ulcer-related bleeding: multicenter international registry.

Stanley AJ, Smith LA, Morris AJ. Use of hemostatic powder (Hemospray) in the management of refractory gastric variceal hemorrhage. Endoscopy 2013; 45 Suppl 2 UCTN:E86. Ibrahim M, El-Mikkawy A, Abdel Hamid M, et al. Early application of haemostatic powder added to standard management for oesophagogastric variceal bleeding: a randomised trial.

Mar 6, 2024 · Several endoscopic approaches can be used to treat bleeding peptic ulcers, including use of contact and non-contact thermal devices, endoscopic clips, injection, and topical hemostatic powder. This topic will review the use of contact thermal devices for the treatment of bleeding peptic ulcers.

Sep 30, 2024 · The use of other topical hemostatic agents and tissue adhesives or sealants, including topical thrombin as a single-component topical agent, is discussed separately (table 1) [1,2].

Mar 30, 2023 · INTRODUCTION Pelvic abscess occurs as an infectious complication of surgery (eg, hysterectomy, cesarean delivery, induced abortion) or the result of infectious processes (eg, pelvic inflammatory disease, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticulitis). This topic will review the diagnosis and management of pelvic abscess complicating hysterectomy. In this topic, when discussing study results, we ...

Feb 25, 2025 · INTRODUCTION Protamine sulfate is routinely administered to reverse the systemic anticoagulation effects of unfractionated heparin (UFH) after cardiac surgery or surgical and percutaneous vascular procedures. There are no alternative agents to reverse UFH. This topic will discuss protamine administration and dosing, as well as recognition, treatment, and prevention of adverse reactions to ...