Affiliation:
1. From the Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Tennessee, Memphis—The Health Science Center
2. Private practice
Abstract
A simple method of concentrating a patient's own fibrinogen for use with a thrombin/calcium solution—to produce a coagulum-type tissue glue for otologic surgery—is presented. The principal advantages of this system include a simple modification of the cryoprecipitate technique, which can be easily performed in any hospital laboratory using a minimal amount of the patient's blood, and the use of autologous fibrinogen, which completely rules out the possibility of transmission of hepatitis or AIDS viruses. Useful tips on preparation and use of this autologous tissue glue, based on experience over the past 2 years, will be presented.
Subject
Otorhinolaryngology,Surgery
Cited by
23 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献