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Hindi Research Article, J Spine Neurosurg Vol: 5 Issue: 5
New Haemostatic Agentand Application Tool forNeurosurgery
| Kaptan H1* and Ayaz M2 | |
| 1Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey | |
| 2Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey | |
| Corresponding author : Dr. Hulagu Kaptan Associate professor, Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey Tel: +90 505 398 87 02 E-mail: hulagukaptan@yahoo.com |
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| Received: January 05, 2016 Accepted: May 26, 2016 Published: May 31, 2016 | |
| Citation: Kaptan H, Ayaz M (2016) New Haemostatic Agent and Application Tool for Neurosurgery. J Spine Neurosurg 5:5. doi: 10.4172/2325-9701.1000233 |
Abstract
There are a variety of electrical, mechanical and chemical methods
used to achieve haemostasis in Neurosurgery. Generally, chemical
haemostatic agents are often preferable to bipolar cautery in spinal
procedures. These haemostats have been used in neurosurgical
spinal procedures for more than 65 years. This paper focuses on
efficacy and technical aspects of the application of biodegradable
gelatin haemostatic agents Pahacel Gelatin Powder® and a new
application tool.
Our experience for a new haemostatic tool in spine surgery has been
presented in this study. The efficacy of it was tested on the patients
who underwent surgery for lumbar disc hernia, lumbar spinal
stenosis and lumbar trauma. Depending on the surgery effective
hemostasis was achieved between 60 to 195 seconds following the
initial application without any secondary effects. Preliminary results
have shown that besides its advantages Pahacel Gelatin Powder®
can also be a cost effective choice for the brain surgeries. However,
extensive research is necessary for statistical results.
