Progress in Fibrin Sealing
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Progress in Fibrin Sealing With 95 Figures and 19 Tables
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Univ. Doz. Dr. Hans-Werner Waclawiczek 1. Chirurgische Abteilung, Landeskrankenanstalten Salzburg, Miillner Hauptstrafie 48, A - 5020 Salzburg
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Preface
Fibrin plays a central role in wound healing. It has a hemostatic effect by forming a temporary wound closure and assists in neovascularization and fibroblast proliferation. It therefore makes the repair of injured or severed parts of the human body by simple glueing possible, a notion that men have dreamed of since ancient times. The first modern attempts in this direction, using clotting substances derived from human blood to achieve hemostasis, were reported by Bergel (in 1909), Grey (in 1915), and Harvey (in 1916), who used fibrin powder or fibrin patches to control bleeding from parenchymatous organs. Two decades later Young and Medawar (1940) and Cronkite (1944) used blood plasma or fibrin solutions, adding thrombin to seal nerve anastomoses and to fix skin grafts in humans. Due to the poor adhesive strength of the fibrinogen the results were unsatisfactory. In 1972 a new era in fibrin sealing was initiated by Matras. By using highly concentrated fibrinogen in combination with factor XIII (fibrin-stabilizing factor) and by delaying fibrinolysis with a fibrinolysis inhibitor (aprotinin), a method was developed which after satisfactory results in animals, soon began to be applied in humans. These initial experiments led to the development of the two-component fibrin sealant Tissucol (Tisseel) by Immuno in 1975. This fibrin sealant is available as a kit containing freeze-dried sealer protein
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