The TachoSil-Pledget Stitch: Towards Eradication of Suture Hole Bleeding Takeshi Shimamoto, MD, Akira Marui, MD, PhD, Takeshi Nishina, MD, PhD, Yoshiaki.

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The TachoSil-Pledget Stitch: Towards Eradication of Suture Hole Bleeding Takeshi Shimamoto, MD, Akira Marui, MD, PhD, Takeshi Nishina, MD, PhD, Yoshiaki Saji, MD, Masashi Komeda, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 86, Issue 6, Pages 2002-2004 (December 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.08.073 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Fig 1 Schematic shows how the TachoSil-pledget stitch (Nycomed, Copenhagen, Denmark) is placed to achieve hemostasis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 2002-2004DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.08.073) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Fig 2 (a) The tips of the custom-built holder for the TachoSil-pledget stitch. (b) This holder can hold a small piece of TachoSil and a felt pledget. (c) The dry TachoSil patch does not have any damage after application of the holder, only a slight surface impression is evident. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 2002-2004DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.08.073) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions