Background
There is abundant scientific literature on the use of haemostatics and sealants in liver surgery, but there is a lack of evidence due to the difficulty to apply adequate methodologies without conflicts of interest.
This prospective randomized study with the main objective is to determine the efficacy of the local haemostatic Hemopatch® in the incidence of bleeding and biliary fistula in patients undergoing elective liver resection.
Methods
This was a single-center study where 222 patients were analyzed: 115 patients had been randomized to the control group and 107 to the experimental group. The patients after liver resection are randomized to place Hemopatch® or not on the transection liver surface. Patients with all types of liver resections and with laparotomic and laparoscopic approaches were included. During postoperative follow-up, an abdominal drain is placed, and hemoglobin and bilirubin are analyzed during the first three days.
Results
Clinically postoperative bleeding occurred in 3.5% of the patients in the control group and in 2.8% of the experimental group (P = .409). The incidence of postoperative biliary fistula was 17.4% in the control group and 23.4% in the experimental group (P = .269). There were also no differences in the rest of the parameters analyzed.
Conclusions
The results on the use of Hemopatch® in liver resection to prevent hemorrhage and biliary fistula are inconclusive. It cannot be routinely recommended and surgeons should be more demanding with the scientific evidence to justify the systematic use of haemostatics agents.
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