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Trial reportBMC musculoskeletal disorders2021

Effect of 4DryField® PH on blood loss in hip bipolar hemiarthroplasty following intracapsular femoral neck fracture - a randomized clinical trial.

Benjamin Lucas, Christian Riebau, Juliane Mohr, Gerald Pliske, Felix Walcher, Stefan Piatek

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Balancing hemostasis and function: the impact of hemostatic materials on voice and swallowing outcomes in nerve-preserved thyroidectomy.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  2. The impact of 4DryField PH on hemostasis and postoperative drain placement in thyroid surgery.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Benjamin LucasDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, D-39120, Magdeburg, Germany. benjamin.lucas@med.ovgu.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1666-5093
Christian RiebauDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, D-39120, Magdeburg, Germany.
Juliane MohrDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, D-39120, Magdeburg, Germany.
Gerald PliskeDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, D-39120, Magdeburg, Germany.
Felix WalcherDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, D-39120, Magdeburg, Germany.
Stefan PiatekDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, D-39120, Magdeburg, Germany.
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOne of the most common complications of hip arthroplasty is excessive blood loss that could necessitate allogenic blood transfusion, which is further associated with other complications, such as infections, transfusion reactions or immunomodulation. In gynecology, 4DryField®PH, an absorbable polysaccharide-based formulation, is used for hemostasis and adhesion prophylaxis. In this study, we evaluated its hemostatic effect in patients undergoing hip bipolar hemiarthroplasty following intracapsular femoral neck fracture.

methodsWe studied 40 patients with intracapsular femoral neck fractures (Garden III or IV) admitted at our institution between July 2016 and November 2017. We included patients above 60 years with simple fracture and without pathologic fractures. Patients were randomized into intervention and control groups. The intervention group received 5 g of 4DryField® PH (subfascially and subcutaneously) during wound closure. Three drainages were inserted in a standardized manner (submuscular, subfascial, and subcutaneous) and drainage volume was measured immediately before extraction. Total blood loss was calculated using Mercuriali's formula and standard hemograms upon admission and five days after surgery. Volume of postoperative hematoma was measured using point-of-care ultrasound seven days after surgery.

resultsVolume of the postoperative hematoma was reduced by 43.0 mL. However, significant reduction of total blood loss and drainage volume was not observed.

conclusionsWe observed that 4DryField® PH had a local hemostatic effect, thereby reducing volume of the postoperative hematoma. However, this reduction was small and had no effect on the total blood loss. Further studies are warranted to improve the application algorithm.

trial registrationDRKS, DRKS00017452 , Registered 11 June 2019 - Retrospectively registered.

Indexed as

Arthroplasty, Replacement, HipFemoral Neck FracturesHemiarthroplastyBlood Loss, SurgicalHumansTreatment Outcome4DryField® PHBlood lossFemoral neck fracturesHip arthroplasty

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PMID33499843
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