Trial Comparing Tisseel as an Adjunct to Traditional Hemostasis After Redo Cardiac Surgery (RETICO)

Cardiochirurgia E.H.

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hemorrhage

Treatments: Procedure: Spray Fibrin Sealant; Procedure: Traditional Hemostasis and chest Closure Routine

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02360800

2015-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Bleeding after redo cardiac surgery is a common, unresolved and consequences-heavy event as per present day. Tisseel (Baxter inc) sprayed on the already hemostased mediastinum jut before closing seems a promising technique to radically diminish bleeding.

This study aims to verify this efficacy volume in chest drains) and possibly the consensual blood transfusion lessening.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients undergoing any kind of redo cardiac surgery with ati least one previous sternotomy

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

TISSEEL

Experimental group

Description:

Spray Fibrin Sealant

Treatment:

Procedure: Spray Fibrin Sealant

CONTROL

Active Comparator group

Description:

Traditional hemostasis and chest closure routine

Treatment:

Procedure: Traditional Hemostasis and chest Closure Routine