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Next in sealants, glues, hemostats...and why?

Next in sealants, glues, hemostats…and why?

From July 2016 published Report #S290.

The need for surgical sealants, glues, and hemostats is directly related to the clinical caseload and procedure volumes, while product choice is dependent upon the surgeon’s training and experience with the products, the particular situation, and product availability. Availability is influenced by several factors. For example, must the product be prepared…

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Wounds looking for closure: Untapped potential for sealants, glues, hemostats

Wounds looking for closure: There's still big untapped potential in sealants, glues, hemostats.

Today’s surgeon has a broad range of products from which to choose for closing and sealing wounds. These include sutures, stapling devices, vascular clips, ligatures, and thermal devices, as well as a wide range of topical hemostats, surgical sealants and glues.

However, surgeons still primarily use sutures for wound closure and securement—sutures are cheap, familiar and work most of the time.…

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