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ArticleJournal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base2017

Nano-hemostats and a Pilot Study of Their Use in a Large Animal Model of Major Vessel Hemorrhage in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery.

Alistair Jukes, Jae Murphy, Sarah Vreugde, Alkis Psaltis, P J Wormald

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Article in Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Alistair JukesDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
Jae MurphyDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
Sarah VreugdeDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
Alkis PsaltisDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
P J WormaldDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nano-hemostats are synthetic amino acid chains that self-assemble into a scaffold under certain conditions. These have been shown to be effective in stopping bleeding in small animal models of hemorrhage. Proposed mechanisms for their effect are that they form a mesh analogous to the fibrin plug in native hemostasis and that they may potentiate both platelet activation and the coagulation cascade. These may potentially become valuable adjuncts to endoscopic skull base surgery where there is the potential for both major vessel injury and smaller perforator injury to eloquent areas where bipolar cautery may not be suitable. We present a summary of the clinical studies to date and a small pilot study of nano-hemostat in an endoscopic sheep model of major vessel hemorrhage to determine its efficacy in stopping bleeding in this potentially catastrophic complication.

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endoscopic transsphenoidal surgeryhemorrhage controlinternal carotid artery injurynano-medicinepituitary surgery

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PMID28593108
PMCPMC5461165

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