Technical Editorial Hemostats, Adhesives, and sealants in

Technical Editorial Hemostats, Adhesives, and sealants in

JOURNALOF LAPAROENDOSCOPIC
& ADVANCEDSURGICAL
TECHNTQUES
Volume12,Number5, 2002
@ MaryAnn Lieber.t.
lnc.
TechnicalEditorial
Hemostats,
Adhesives,
andsealants
in Endoscopic
Surgery
yEARs,
theuseof adhesives,
hemostats,
and otherhand,theproducts
havebeenextensively
usedin
fN rnELASr
lsealants has becomemore popularin endoscopicopensurgeryand are usefulin the appropriate
setting.
surgery.Althoughtheseproducts
havemanyfeatures
in Thegrowingnumberof availableproducts
showsthat,
common,they areintended
accordingto the medicaldevicesindustry,a hugemarfor differentindications:
ketisavailnble.
Thesuryical
community
shouldcarefully
t. Hemostats
areusedto haltbleeding,
Theycanbeapevaluate
these
products
in endoscopic
beforeussur€ery
plieddirectlyto a bleedingsiteandworkin thepresing themasa sterndard
treatment.
enceof activelyflowingblood.
2. Glues/adhesives
areusedto attachorgans,sttuctrtres,
or tissues.Theycanbe appliedto rcduceor replace
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