Efficacy of TachoSil a fibrin-based haemostat in different fields of surgery - A systematic review

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 897-907

  Rickenbacher, Andreas ^b   Breitenstein, Stefan ^b   Lesurtel, Mickael ^b,c   Frilling, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Collagen; Fibrin; Hemostat; Surgery; TachoSil; Thrombin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACTCEL; BIOGLUE; BIOHEMOSTAT; BLOODSTOP; CHITOSEAL; CLO SUR PAD; COSEAL; COSTASIS; D STAT; EVICEL; FIBRIN; FIBRIN GLUE; FLOSEAL; FOCALSEAL; GELFOAM; HELISTAT; HELITENE; HEMCON; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; INSTAT; MICROCRYSTALLINE COLLAGEN; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE; PARECOXIB; POLITEF; QR; QUIKCLOT; QUIXIL; SURGIFOAM; SYVEKPATCH; TACHOCOMB; TACHOCOMB H; TACHOSIL; TRAUMADEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAGEL; VIVOSTAT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; BREAST SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER HEMATOMA; LIVER SURGERY; META ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS SURGERY; REVIEW; SPLEEN SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX SURGERY; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ANIMALS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; THROMBIN;

EID: 67650363876     PISSN: 14712598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14712590903029172     Document Type: Review

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