“…Not cost efficient. Too expansive for some surgical units [58]Y TachoSil [48]Y Evarrest® [54]N TachoComb | Gelatin-based Hemostat | Gelatin-Thrombin Hemostatic Matrix (GTHM) | Y [67]N | Y [61], [67] | N [68] | Case study by reviewing 42 pediatric patients and retrospective data analysis [61], randomized, controlled trial in adults [68, 69] and children [67, 70] and a review [71] | Floseal™ Hemostatic Matrix | Post-op [61, 71] | simple, safe, and efficacious and cost-effective [61, 70] | Y [72] |
Absorbable cellulose-based Hemostat | oxidized cellulose polymer hemostatic agent | Y [73] | Y (when combine with suturation) [74] | N (when combine with suturation) [74] | Surgicel plus saturation on total of 760 patients (393 males, 367 females) between the ages of 4 and 35 years [74] | Surgicel®, Cellistypt®, Pahacel®, Oxycel®, Gelita®, GuraTamp® | Intra-op | aids in clot formation by activation of the extrinsic and intrinsic coagulation pathways,Introduced a risk of aspiration and suffocation [75]; Possible inflammation [76]. | Y Surgicel® [77]N for others |
Bismuth subgallate-based | BSG- adrenaline paste, BSG- phenylephrine hydrochloride mixture | Y [78] | Y (BSG mixed with phenylephrine hydrochloride) [79]Y BSG with adrenaline for primary PTH [80], N for secondary PTH [81] | N [81] | Clinical study on patients underwent tonsillectomy [78, 81] | Spectrum Chemical (powder), mixing 26 g of BSG powder to 20 ml of normal saline with 0.7 ml of 1:1000 adrenaline | Post-op | decreases operating time by significantly reducing the hemostasis time and the number of ligatures [78, 81]; accelerates the cascade of blood clotting [79]; accelerate the intrinsic clotting pathway through the activation of factor XII (Hageman factor) [82]. |
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