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Experimental Study of Intraparenchymal Fibrinogen and Topical Thrombin to Seal Pleural Defects.
Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine 2016 December 21
OBJECTIVE: Fibrin sealants are used to close surgical pleural defects, but may detach, causing a postoperative air-leak. We investigated a new means of applying fibrin glue for closing pleural defects.
METHODS: Pleural defects (10-mm and 4-mm diameters, respectively) were created in swine and rats via thoracotomy. They were sealed by a) injection of a fibrinogen solution into the lung parenchyma after instillation of a thrombin solution onto the pleural defect (group A), b) fibrinogen and thrombin spray (group B), c) fibrinogen instillation and a thrombin-dipped polyglycolic acid sheet (group C), or d) fibrin glue-coated collagen fleece (group D). Resistance to airway pressure was compared and the sealed areas were histologically examined.
RESULTS: In group A, the minimum seal-breaking airway pressure was consistently > 40 cmH2O, versus 37.2 ± 3.6 cmH2O in group B, 37.2 ± 4.0 cmH2O in group C, and 39.0 ± 1.7 cmH2O in group D, which was statistically significant. Histologically, the fibrin layer infiltrated the lung parenchyma and covered the defect in group A, but not in the other groups.
CONCLUSIONS: The intraparenchymal injection of fibrinogen combined with instillation of thrombin created an effective fibrin layer associated with early pleural regeneration that reliably prevented pleural air leaks.
METHODS: Pleural defects (10-mm and 4-mm diameters, respectively) were created in swine and rats via thoracotomy. They were sealed by a) injection of a fibrinogen solution into the lung parenchyma after instillation of a thrombin solution onto the pleural defect (group A), b) fibrinogen and thrombin spray (group B), c) fibrinogen instillation and a thrombin-dipped polyglycolic acid sheet (group C), or d) fibrin glue-coated collagen fleece (group D). Resistance to airway pressure was compared and the sealed areas were histologically examined.
RESULTS: In group A, the minimum seal-breaking airway pressure was consistently > 40 cmH2O, versus 37.2 ± 3.6 cmH2O in group B, 37.2 ± 4.0 cmH2O in group C, and 39.0 ± 1.7 cmH2O in group D, which was statistically significant. Histologically, the fibrin layer infiltrated the lung parenchyma and covered the defect in group A, but not in the other groups.
CONCLUSIONS: The intraparenchymal injection of fibrinogen combined with instillation of thrombin created an effective fibrin layer associated with early pleural regeneration that reliably prevented pleural air leaks.
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