[Modified polyurethane foam as a local hemostatic agent after dental extractions].

Autor: Selten MH; Uit de afdeling Kaakchirurgie van het Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen. m.h.a.selten@umcg.nl, Broekema FI, Zuidema J, van Oeveren W, Bos RR
Jazyk: Dutch; Flemish
Zdroj: Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde [Ned Tijdschr Tandheelkd] 2013 Jul-Aug; Vol. 120 (7-8), pp. 378-82.
Abstrakt: In this split mouth experiment, the feasibility ofpolyurethane foam as a local hemostatic agent after dental extractions was studied. Ten healthy patients underwent 2 extractions ofa dental element in 1 treatment session. The 10 patients were subsequently randomly divided in a gelatin group and a collagen group. In the gelatin group, a polyurethane foam (PU) was applied in 1 extraction socket, while in the other socket a commercially available gelatin foam was applied. In the collagen group, a PU was applied in 1 socket, and a collagen wadding in the other. All hemostats were removed after 2 minutes, after which the degree of coagulation was measured using a thrombin/antithrombin test and a fibrinogen test. This study suggests that polyurethane foam has hemostatic capacity. Large scale clinical research is needed to confirm this finding, and should indicate whether this hemostatic capacity is clinically relevant.
Databáze: MEDLINE