Fibrin Sealant in Operative Medicine: Volume 6 General Surgery and Abdominal Surgery

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Importance of Fibrin in Wound Repair....Pages 3-12
Fibrin Sealant and Its Modes of Application....Pages 13-26
Properties of Different Tissue Sealants with Special Emphasis on Fibrinogen-Based Preparations....Pages 27-38
Lysis and Absorption of Fibrin Sealant (Tissucol/Tisseel)....Pages 39-50
Preliminary Results of a Randomized Controlled Study on the Risk of Hepatitis Transmission of a Two-Component Fibrin Sealant (Tissucol/Tisseel)....Pages 51-59
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Clinical Experience with Fibrin Sealing in General and Thoracic Surgery....Pages 63-71
The Use of Infrared Sapphire Contact Coagulation and Fibrinogen Adhesive for Hemostasis After Partial Hepatectomy: A Comparative Study....Pages 72-84
Survey of Liver Regeneration Following Liver Resection by Application of Fibrin Sealant....Pages 85-90
Experience with the Use of Fibrin Sealant in Surgical Therapy of Liver Tumours....Pages 91-95
Splenic Salvage by the Use of Fibrin Tissue Adhesive....Pages 96-108
The Use of Fibrin Sealant in Organ Preserving and Transplantation Surgery of the Spleen in Children....Pages 109-115
Experimental Splenic Injury Treated with Fibrin Sealant....Pages 116-121
Fibrin Sealing of Parenchymal Organs in Pediatric Surgery....Pages 122-130
Use of Fibrin Sealant in Paediatric Surgery....Pages 131-139
The Use of Tissucol (Tisseel) in Pancreatic Surgery....Pages 140-144
Securing Pancreatodigestive Anastomoses with Fibrin Sealant....Pages 145-149
Experimental Fibrin and Cyanoacrylate Adhesion: A Comparative Investigation....Pages 150-151
Use of Fibrin Sealant (Tissucol/Tisseel) in Manual and Stapled Anastomoses....Pages 152-154
Colonic Anastomoses Protected with Fibrin Sealant (Tissucol/Tisseel)....Pages 155-158
Fibrin Adhesive in Colorectal Surgery....Pages 159-164
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
From Conventional Suturing to Sutureless Anastomoses in General Surgery....Pages 165-172
Endoscopic Therapy of Fistulae with Fibrin Tissue Sealant....Pages 173-179
Lymph Fistulae Following Lymph Node Dissections: Avoidance and Treatment by Use of Fibrin Sealing....Pages 180-183
Fibrin Sealant in Skin Necroses Induced by Cytostatic Drugs and in Superinfected Wounds....Pages 184-193
The Kinetics of Antibiotic Release from a Fibrin-Clotting System: An Animal Experiment....Pages 194-198
Haemostatic Effect of Fibrin Sealant in Patients with Congenital and Acquired Bleeding Disorders....Pages 199-202
Back Matter....Pages 203-204