IN VARIOUS TYPES OF SURGERY, SOLUTIONS OF THROMBIN MAY BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ABSORBABLE GELATIN SPONGE, FOR HEMOSTASIS.
THROMBIN MAY BE RECONSTITUTED WITH STERILE ISOTONIC SALINE AT A RECOMMENDED CONCENTRATION OF 1,000 TO 2,000 INTERNATIONAL UNITS/ML. WHERE BLEEDING IS PROFUSE, AS FROM ABRAIDED SURFACES OF LIVER OR SPLEEN, CONCENTRATIONS OF 1,000 INTERNATIONAL UNITS PER ML MAY BE REQUIRED.
FOR GENERAL USE IN PLASTIC SURGERY, DENTAL EXTRACTIONS, SKIN GRAFTING, ETC. SOLUTIONS CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 100 INTERNATIONAL UNITS/ML ARE FREQUENTLY USED. INTERMEDIATE STRENGTHS TO SUIT THE NEEDS OF THE CASE MAY BE PREPARED
IN MANY SITUATIONS, IT MAY BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO USE THROMBIN IN A DRY FORM ON OOZING SURFACES. THROMBIN MAY ALSO BE USED WITH FLOSEAL NT ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTIONS FOR USE IN THE FLOSEAL NT PACKAGE INSERT.