Ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS), a hemostatic agent of plant origin, has been registered for the prevention of clinical hemorrhages. Currently there is no data regarding the ultrastructural analysis of ABS at the tissue level. The aim of this study is to assess renal tissue effects via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses for the ABS and ABS nanohemostat (formed by the combination of self-a...

OBJECTIVE To assess the hemostatic efficacy of a new local hemostatic agent, Ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS), for the control of bleeding following tooth extraction in hemophiliacs. MATERIALS AND METHODS Simple tooth extractions were performed in 27 hemophilia A patients. In the treatment group (n=17) local hemostasis was achieved via application of ABS to the extraction sockets, whereas in the ...

BACKGROUND Alveolar osteitis (AO) is a commonly seen post-operative complication during the wound-healing period after permanent tooth extraction or surgical removal of impacted third molar teeth. OBJECTIVES The aim of this clinical study was to evaluate the effects of administration of the topical hemostatic agent Ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS) into the socket on AO formation after impacted ma...

Ankaferd Bloodstopper (ABS) which is a medicinal product has been approved in the control of hemorrhage externally, dental surgery bleedings in Turkey to control the bleeding in renal trauma model was evaluated. Twelve Wistar rats were divided into two groups. Group I (GI),control, Group II (GII), study group. One cm2 tissue was resected. ABS solution was applied to resected area in study group...

BACKGROUND Epistaxis is an important emergency that can sometimes be life threatening without effective intervention. Persistent and recurrent bleeding can lead to aspiration, hypotension, hypoxia, or even severe and mortal cardiovascular complications. Providing prompt hemostasis is important, and the hemostatic method used must be easily and locally applicable, efficient, and inexpensive. O...

Introduction Peritoneal adhesions have been reported as an adverse side effect of surgery for more than a century and occur in 90-100% of cases. Postoperative adhesion formation results from a series of local events at the trauma site. Peritoneal injury by surgery, infection, or irritation initiates a local inflammatory reaction, exudation, and fibrin deposition into which white blood cells; ma...

In 25 clinical samples serum lidocaine concentrations fell from a mean of 6.5 +/- 2.1 mg/L (mean +/- SD) to 4.9 +/- 1.8 mg/L (p less than 0.001) when the blood sample was allowed to make contact with the stopper of the Vacutainer collection tube. In vitro experiments showed that this effect of the stopper occurred only with whole blood and was dependent on sample concentration. The plasma bindi...