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Fibrin Tissue Adhesives

Research on fibrin tissue adhesives detailed by scientists at Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, March 26th, 2010

A report, 'Reduction in bile leaks following adult split liver transplant using a fibrin-collagen sponge: A pilot study,' is newly published data in Digestive and Liver Disease. "Bile leaks are a frequent complication of adult split liver transplantation. We compared surgical complications in patients who had the cut surface of the donor liver treated with a patch to those in whom the cut surface of the liver was treated with fibrin glue," researchers in Birmingham, the United Kingdom report.

"Two consecutive cohorts of 16 patients undergoing adult right lobe split liver transplant were compared. In the first cohort, the liver surface was treated with fibrin glue...

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