surgical hemostasis

Indications

• control of hemorrhage during surgery

Procedure

• application of pressure
• electrical cauterization
• blood vessel ligation
• clamping of bleeding blood vessel with hemostat
• fresh frozen plasma
• topical procoagulants
  • topical gelatins, collagens, oxidized celluloses
  • topical thrombin & fibrin sealants
  • synthetic glues,
  • glutaraldehyde-based glues

More general terms

• control of hemorrhage
• surgery