Thoracic surgery

The most common complication in thoracic surgery is prolonged air leakage. Fibrin sealant has been shown to reduce the incidence of prolonged air leaks and thereby enabling faster drain removal. To be efficient in this special surgical field there are a number of features that are important for a positive outcome:

• The sealant must be very elastic, i.e. it must be possible to apply on a deflated lung without compromising physical properties when the lung is re-inflated
• Polymerisation must be very fast to ensure the sealant remains where applied

Surgeons find Vivostat^® fibrin sealant most useful for the following surgical procedures:

• Lung resections (lobular and wedge resections)
• Precision resections (individual tumour/metastasis removal)
• Sealing of suture lines in surgery involving the oesophagus
• Thorascopy or other MIS where haemostasis and air tight closure is very important

The possibility to use the special Endoscopic Applicator is a further benefit of using the Vivostat^® System. When using the Endoscopic Applicator, Vivostat^® fibrin sealant is applied through the same unique nozzle as with the Spraypen^®. Due to the preformed nozzle, the spray tip can easily be manipulated in many directions giving the surgeon freedom in control of application not obtainable with conventional systems.