CLINICAL INFORMATION – ORTHOPAEDIC

Essential Tool to Control Bleeding
in Total Joint Arthroplasty*

Fast and effective haemostasis

• Stops bleeding fast in 90 seconds median time to haemostasis in spinal surgery¹
• Reduces blood transfusions and postoperative bleeding²
• Helps protect against rebleeding by forming a mechanically stable clot^3,4
• Proven 89% effective in heparinised patients within 10 minutes⁴
• Only haemostatic agent proven effective on all degrees of bleeding from oozing to spurting⁵

*When control of bleeding by ligature or conventional procedures is ineffective or impractical.

1. Renkens KL Jr, Payner TD, Leipzig TJ, et al. A multicenter, prospective, randomized trial evaluating a new hemostatic agent for spinal surgery. Spine. 2001;26:1645-50.
2. Floseal VH S/D Hemostatic Matrix [instructions for use]. Zurich, Switzerland: Baxter International Inc; 2009.
3. Oz MC, Cosgrove DM, Badduke BR. Controlled clinical trial of a novel hemostatic agent in cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2000;69:1376-82.
4. Data on file. Deerfield, Ill: Baxter International Inc.