PURPOSE Direct superficial femoral artery (SFA) antegrade puncture is a valid alternative to common femoral artery (CFA) access for peripheral vascular interventions. Data investigating vascular closure device (VCD) hemostasis of distant SFA 6F access are limited. We aimed to investigate the safety and effectiveness of the Starclose SE® VCD for hemostasis, following direct 6F antegrade SFA acce...

Various surgical approaches and methods of hemostasis have been reported for intraabdominal ligation and hemostasis in equine MIS. In recent years laparoscopic approaches have become popular in light of the fact that they are minimally invasive, provide superior visualization, allow tension free hemostasis, and eliminate the need for general anesthesia. Laparoscopic techniques described for lig...

Biology is functional, and this function both inspires and puzzles. Inspiration from biology has led to the development of biomimetic systems—artificial systems that function by mimicking biology. Biomimetic systems have been successfully created in self-assembly, 2] materials, chemical synthesis, and surface chemistry. They often provide insight into the puzzles of biology, because to develop ...

As dermatological procedures continue to become increasingly complex, improved methods and tools to achieve appropriate hemostasis become necessary. The methods for achieving adequate hemostasis are variable and depend greatly on the type of procedure performed and the unique characteristics of the individual patient. In Part 1 of this review, we discuss the preoperative, intraoperative, and po...

(UGIB) is the most common gastrointestinal emergency; the annual incidence of hospital admission for UGIB is 0.1%. The most common cause is peptic ulcer bleeding (PUB), which is noted in 31% to 67% of all cases. 1 Mortality rates have remained unchanged at 6% to 8% because of patient characteristics such as older age, higher incidence of concurrent illness, and high hospitalized chance. 2 Endos...

Patients with liver diseases have a higher risk of hemostatic disorders. Meanwhile, despite well-established opinion on low thromboses in cirrhosis, thromboembolic events cannot be totally ruled out these patients. Increased risks thrombotic and venous thromboembolism cirrhosis are accounted for by external (immobilization, surgeries, infections, comorbidities) internal factors (reduced synthes...

Peri-interventional hemostasis is an increasingly important area of research. However, only scarce knowledge on the relationship between thromboelastometry or thromboelastography and conventional parameters of hemostasis exists [2]. Thus, it is important to research such relationships; new research presented here shows that factor XIII, alone and in combination with other parameters, has a freq...

We investigated 2668 patients with non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding and 660 patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding treated between 1987 and 2011 in our hospital. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding was associated with gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, Mallory-Weiss syndrome, esophageal disease, and others. Endoscopic hemostasis was performed in approximately 67% of all cases with up...

Hemostasis testing is critical to many hemorrhagic and thrombotic disorders, wherein laboratory diagnostics can provide critical information for diagnosis, prognostication, and therapeutic monitoring. Due to this crucial role in modern medicine, hemostasis tests should be carried out at their highest degree of quality, thus encompassing standardization and monitoring of all phases of the testin...

The hematologic system encompasses blood and plasma volume, the constituents of plasma, and the formation and function of blood cellular components. Hemostasis involves mechanisms that result in the formation and removal of fibrin clots. Pregnancy and the neonatal period are associated with significant changes in these processes, increasing the risk for anemia and alterations in hemostasis such...