Open AccessSafety trial of Floseal® haemostatic agent in head and neck surgery
Author(s) -
Atheer Ujam,
Zaid Awad,
George Kwok Chu Wong,
Taran Tatla,
Roy Farrell
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.39
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1478-7083
pISSN - 0035-8843
DOI - 10.1308/003588412x13171221590971
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , head and neck , hemostatic agent , head (geology) , hemostatics , hemostasis , geomorphology , geology
Floseal(®) can be of value in reducing blood loss and haematoma rates. The manufacturer's warnings include allergic reaction, poor wound healing and intravascular thrombosis. We aimed to determine whether Floseal(®) is safe to use in various head and neck surgery procedures.