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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
Volume 195, Issue 1, Pages 99-103Publisher
EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.03.006
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hemostatic agents; splenic injury; laparoscopic hemostasis
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Background: Management of iatrogenic injuries during laparoscopy can be arduous. Recent advancements in surgical hemostatic agents have provided beneficial therapeutic alternatives. This project evaluates microporous polysaccharide hemospheres (MPH), with demonstrated efficiency achieving topical hemostasis, in the setting of intracorporeal laparoscopic splenic injury. Methods: Four domestic female pigs were subjected to reproducible laparoscopic 12-mm and 5-mm trocar splenic injuries. Each surgery was an identical transperitoneal hand-assisted laparoscopic procedure. Hemostasis, or no bleeding after treatment, was achieved by measured dose applications of MPH. Results: The MPH successfully achieved hemostasis for all splenic injuries except in I case, where a 12-mm lesion transected the splenic artery. The mean time to hemostasis, applications of MPH, and estimated blood loss for the 5- and 12-mm injuries were 165.3 +/- 45.7 and 200.7 +/- 106.5 seconds, 1.3 +/- .5 applications for both, and 12.0 +/- 4.6 and 17.7 +/- 9.1g, respectively. Conclusions: MPH represents a powerful hemostatic agent that demonstrated complete hemostasis for iatrogenic splenic injury. (c) 2008 Excerpta Medica Inc. All rights reserved.
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