Application of thrombin powder after tooth extraction in patients receiving anticoagulant therapy
Patients with extreme hypocoagulation, which occurs either as an effect of some diseases with coagulation deficiency or because of the anticoagulant therapy (ACT), are a risk group for oral surgery. In the last decades decision to change or interrupt ACT before and after the procedure was abandoned...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, University of Defence, Belgrade
2002-01-01
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| Series: | Vojnosanitetski Pregled |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2002/0042-84500204389M.pdf |
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| Summary: | Patients with extreme hypocoagulation, which occurs either as an effect of some diseases with coagulation deficiency or because of the anticoagulant therapy (ACT), are a risk group for oral surgery. In the last decades decision to change or interrupt ACT before and after the procedure was abandoned and more often local hemostasis was being achieved by combining chemical and biological substances. The success of the surgical hemostasis and thrombin powder combination was tested on the group of 20 patients with ACT. The results were satisfactory despite thrombin powder solubility in the moist oral environment. |
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| ISSN: | 0042-8450 |