Innovative use of TXA and protamine-infused hydrogels to reduce postoperative bleeding in breast surgery for heparin-anticoagulated patients

Surgeon. 2024 Oct;22(5):e189. doi: 10.1016/j.surge.2024.07.002. Epub 2024 Jul 22.

Authors

Michael James¹, Viren S Sehgal²

Affiliations

¹ CUNY School of Medicine, Townsend Harris Hall, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY, 10031, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² CUNY School of Medicine, Townsend Harris Hall, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY, 10031, USA.

PMID: 39043481
DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2024.07.002

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anticoagulants* / administration & dosage
Anticoagulants* / therapeutic use
Breast Neoplasms / surgery
Female
Heparin* / administration & dosage
Humans
Hydrogels* / administration & dosage
Mastectomy / adverse effects
Middle Aged
Postoperative Hemorrhage* / prevention & control
Protamines* / administration & dosage
Protamines* / therapeutic use

Substances

Protamines
Anticoagulants
Heparin
Hydrogels