Hemostatic Agent
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A hemostatic agent is a substance or material used to stop or control bleeding by promoting blood clotting and tissue sealing at a wound or surgical site. These agents come in various forms — including topical powders, sprays, fibrin sealants, and adhesives — and work by accelerating the body's natural coagulation cascade or physically occluding blood vessels. In robotics and minimally invasive surgery, hemostatic agents play a critical supporting role by enabling surgeons to manage bleeding in confined, hard-to-reach spaces where traditional suturing or cauterization may be limited. They are widely applied in robot-assisted procedures such as partial nephrectomy, radical prostatectomy, hysterectomy, and hernia repair, sometimes allowing surgeons to operate without vascular clamping and thereby reducing ischemic risk to surrounding tissue. Their importance lies in improving surgical safety, reducing blood loss, shortening operating times, and minimizing post-operative complications. As robotic surgery expands into more complex and delicate procedures, hemostatic agents serve as essential adjuncts that complement precision instrumentation, ultimately improving patient outcomes and enabling procedures that might otherwise carry unacceptable hemorrhagic risk.
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Hemostats, sealants, and adhesives: components of the surgical toolbox
William D. Spotnitz, Sandra G. Burks
Citations: 387 • 2008
Sprayed Fibrin Sealant as the Sole Hemostatic Agent for Porcine Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy
Donald L. Pick, Surendra B. Kolla, Phillip Mucksavage, Michael K. Louie, Petros Sountoulides, Oskar Grau Kaufmann, Stephania Olamendi, Adam Kaplan, Victor Huynh, Cervando Ortiz–Vanderdys, Hung Truong, Shary A. Said, Lorena Andrade, Jane Tongson-Ignacio, Elspeth M. McDougall, Ralph V. Clayman
Citations: 21 • 2010
Athermal nerve sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: initial experience with microporous polysaccharide hemospheres as a topical hemostatic agent
Rafael Núñez-Nateras, Kimberly J. Hurd, Erin Ferrigni, Erik P. Castle, Paul E. Andrews, Mitchell R. Humphreys
Citations: 16 • 2011
A retrospective cohort study of hemostatic agent use during hysterectomy and risk of post‐operative complications
John A. Harris, Shitanshu Uppal, Neil Kamdar, Carolyn W. Swenson, Darrell A. Campbell, Daniel M. Morgan
Citations: 13 • 2016
Robotic surgery and hemostatic agents in partial nephrectomy: a high rate of success without vascular clamping
Luca Morelli, John N. Morelli, Matteo Palmeri, C D’Isidoro, Emanuele F. Kauffmann, Dario Tartaglia, Giovanni Caprili, Roberta Pisano, Simone Guadagni, Gregorio Di Franco, Giulio Di Candio, Franco Mosca
Citations: 9 • 2015
Factors Associated With Hemostatic Agent Use During Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
Andrea Kakos, Valerie Allen, James L. Whiteside
Citations: 7 • 2016
Topical Hemostatic Agents
Luca Revelli, Serena Elisa Tempera, Chiara Bellantone, Marco Raffaelli, Celestino Pio Lombardi
Citations: 5 • 2015
Robotically applied hemostatic clamping for care-under-fire: harnessing bomb robots for hemorrhage control
Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Ian McKee, Brian E. Knudsen, Ryan Shelton, Anthony J. LaPorta, Juan Wachs, Jessica McKee
Citations: 3 • 2022
A novel technique: hemostatic agents for port-site closure post robotic-assisted urological surgeries. a pilot study
Abdulrahman M. Alsuwailim
Citations: 2 • 2020
Evaluation of the validated intraoperative bleeding scale in liver surgery: study protocol for a multicenter prospective study
Daniel Aparicio-López, José Manuel Asencio, Gerardo Blanco‐Fernández, Esteban Cugat Andorrà, Miguel Ángel Gómez‐Bravo, Santiago López‐Ben, Elena Martín‐Pérez, Luís Sabater, José Manuel Ramia, Mario Serradilla‐Martín
Citations: 2 • 2023
A randomized controlled trial of the outcomes of Arista™ hemostatic agent in robotic ventral hernia repair
Courtney Janowski, Tiffany Nguyen‐Vu, Carlos Balthazar da Silveira, Snigdha Gulati, Vikram Deka, Thomas Gillespie, Conrad Ballecer
Citations: 1 • 2025