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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Fibrin > Fibrin Foam

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Fibrin Foam  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Fibrospum
  • Spongostan

Note

  • a hemostatic

Scope note

  • A dry artificial sterile sponge of fibrin prepared by clotting with thrombin a foam or solution of fibrinogen. It is used in conjunction with thrombin as a hemostatic in surgery at sites where bleeding cannot be controlled by more common methods. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p648)

History note

  • 73; was FIBRIN FILM AND FOAM 1963-72 (Prov) see under HEMOSTATICS

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