Hemorrhage control is vital for clinical outcome after surgical treatment and prehospital trauma injuries. Numerous biomaterials have been investigated to control surgical and traumatic bleeding. A comprehensive review has been conducted in the area focused on the topical biomaterials for severe bleeding in prehospital settings. Solid biopolymers and ceramics are most promising materials for le...

Angiodysplasia is a frequent cause of persistent gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage in elderly patients. Although GI bleeding isn't the most common manifestation in patients with bleeding disorders, when present, it represents a challenging complication. We describe a 62-year-old patient with Glanzmann's thrombasthenia, who used thalidomide for severe and recurrent GI bleeding. For 6 months, the ...

background the number of laparoscopic procedures done each year continues to rise substantially. clinically significant hemorrhage from secondary port sites at laparoscopy is an uncommon but serious complication and can become unrecognized intraoperatively. abdominal wall hemorrhage and bruising may complicate laparoscopic operative procedures. methods we propose an easy technical gesture to st...

background and aim: the third stage of labour is one of the most troublesome stages of child delivery. the basic principle of the third stage management is administrating prophylactic uterotonics. however, the time of its administration varies in different hospitals. this study aimed to determine the effect of intramuscular oxytocin injection after emergence of the fetal anterior shoulder or pl...

Acute variceal bleeding (AVB) is a life-threatening complication in patients with cirrhosis. Hemostatic therapy of AVB includes early administration of vasoactive drugs that should be combined with endoscopic therapy, preferably banding ligation. However, failure to control bleeding or early rebleed within 5 days still occurs in 15-20% of patients with AVB. In these cases, a second endoscopic t...

BACKGROUND In cardiac surgery profuse or persistent sternal bleeding after sternotomy is routinely controlled with bone wax. However, bone wax should be avoided, especially in high-risk patients for nonunion of the sternum and infections. Purpose of this study was to evaluate an alternative technique to control bleeding after medium sternotomy using a plant based absorbable polysaccharide hemos...