The pressures of surgicel® in cardiac surgery

The pressures of surgicel® in cardiac surgery

Surgicel® is bioabsorbable hemostatic mesh, frequently packed around oozing surgical bed. We report two morbidities due to it. Following transannular patch repair for Fallot′s tetralogy, Surgicel® was packed around distal main pulmonary artery. Echocardiography in the intensive care unit (ICU) showe...

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Main Authors: Niket Dilip Arora, Roy Varghese, Sreeja Pavithran, Sivakumar Kothandam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Subjects:
Bleeding
bleeding control
blood
coagulants (topical
systemic
experimental)
coagulation/anticoagulation
complications
congenital heart disease (CHD)
surgery
Online Access:http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2015;volume=8;issue=2;spage=167;epage=169;aulast=Arora

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