A comparative analysis of collagen based dressings and polysaccharide microspheres for hemostasis management in hepatic stab wounds.

This study aims to evaluate two of the most commonly used products, the collagen-based patch (Hemopatch) and the micropolysaccharide microspheres powder (Perclot), in the context of stab liver injury in pigs. The objectives of this study were to assess blood loss at various time intervals up to 24 h, survival rates, and mean arterial pressure. The research involved 18 Large-White swine.

Effectiveness of a thrombin-gelatin flowable for treating severe liver bleeding: an experimental study.

Background: Current scientific evidence has pointed out the relevance of hemostatic products for improving clinical outcomes in liver trauma, including increased survival rates and reductions in bleeding-related complications. The purpose of this study was to compare the use of the gelatin-thrombin flowable (Flowable) versus the standard technique of Packing in a new experimental liver injury model.

Methods: Twenty-four swine were prospectively randomized to receive either Flowable or standard packing technique.

Comparison of a gelatin thrombin versus a modified absorbable polymer as a unique treatment for severe hepatic hemorrhage in swine.

There are many surgical techniques (packing, Pringle maneuver, etc.) and hemostatic agents to manage hepatic bleeding in trauma surgery. This study compares the effectiveness of two different types of hemostatic agents, one is an active flowable hemostat and the other is a passive hemostat made of modified absorbable polymers [MAP].

Construction and validation of a novel and severe hepatic injury model in swine focuses on research and training. Observational study.

Some hepatic wound models have been developed in pigs with the aim of reproducing liver injury; however, the wound shape, severity, and outcome differ among them. The novel injury profile employed in this study differed from that used elsewhere for standardized, repeatable, reproducible, incising-penetrating, vascular, and severe injury in swine. It is made with a cutting object that penetrates deep into the hepatic parenchyma, always affecting the two suprahepatic veins at the point where they merge into the common trunk.

Utility of microporous polysaccharide hemospheres in severe hepatic trauma: Experimental study of hemostatic strength and ease of use.

Background: Animal studies confirm the utility of hemostatics against standard packing following severe liver injury. We investigated the efficacy and ease of use of novel microporous polysaccharide hemosphere (MPH) compounds (Perclot®, Baxter) in the treatment of severe hepatic hemorrhage in pig.

Methods: Pigs were randomized to one of two equal treatment groups: MPH compounds (n=12) and Standard Packing (n=12).

Use of Oxygen Tissue Monitoring in Patients With Compartment Syndrome: Two Clinical Cases and Literature Review.

Compartment syndrome is defined as the pathology caused by the increase of pressure within a muscular compartment to the point where the vascular perfusion necessary for the viability of the tissues included therein is reduced. The diagnosis is established by clinical exam and pressure measurement. Measurement of intracompartmental pressure is an invasive method with no option of easy continuous monitoring.

Transmucosal Periosteal Releasing Incision: The "Buttonhole Technique." An Innovative Procedure for Soft Tissue Augmentation Surgery.

Introduction: The case presented demonstrates a soft tissue volume augmentation procedure using a transflap ("buttonhole") incision, placed at the mucogingival junction (MGJ), to facilitate the passive advancement of a buccal flap without coronal transposition of the MGJ or reduction of vestibular depth.

Case Presentation: The initial incision was placed crestal and slightly palatal in the area to be augmented. Vertical releasing incisions were placed to facilitate coronal advancement of the flap.

Analysis of evacuations from areas of operation to the Spanish Role 4 medical treatment facility (2008-2013).

Since 1987, the Spanish Armed Forces have deployed their troops in a multitude of conflicts and natural disasters worldwide. The Spanish Military Medical Corps has the ability to deploy Role 1, Role 2, and one Role 3 medical treatment facilities. It also has a Role 4 in operation, the "Gómez Ulla" Central Hospital of Defense, in Madrid.

Colonic Metastases From Lung Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Lung cancer is the most frequent cause of cancer death in the world. Although about 50% of lung cancers have distant metastases at the time of diagnosis, gastrointestinal metastasis has rarely been described. The most common metastatic site is the small bowel, whereas, colonic metastases are very rare.