Clinical Findings

Use of TissuePatch sealant film in the management of chyle leak in major neck surgery

Cheng L, Lau C, Parker G.

St Bartholomew's & The Royal London, UK and The Mercy Ships

This case report presents the effective use of TissuePatch to ensure chylous leaks are sealed effectively.

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Use in Thyroid Surgery

Cheng L, Hutchison I St Bartholomew's & The Royal London, UK

This paper from oral and maxillo facial surgeons at St Bartholomew's & The Royal London hospitals, reviews the current status of thyroid surgery and presents a multidisciplinary approach to the management of patients with diseases of the thyroid, including the use of TissuePatch.

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A purely synthetic and biodegradable material for repair of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea

Surda P, Syed I, Modayil PC, Little SA, Toma A

St Georges’ Hospital

A group led by Dr Abbad Toma has published findings from a series of patients where TissuePatchDural™ was used to successfully treat cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea – CSF leaks through the nasal cavity.

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The use of TissuePatch, a self-adhesive sealant film, to prevent post-operative vascular leakage after thyroid surgery

Cheng L, Tahim A, Ali S, Blanchard J, Johnston L, Leung HL, Jones A, Grant G

Barts Health NHS Trust and Homerton Univ Hospitals, NHS Foundation, London

Sound surgical technique underpins the avoidance of potentially devastating sequelae of post-operative bleeding. TissuePatch is a self-adhesive, absorbable surgical sealant which has been used to minimise leakage in neurosurgery and thoracic surgery. This poster is a case series demonstrating its use in thyroid surgery.

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A Purely Synthetic & Absorbable Material for CSF Rhinorrhoea repair

P Modayil, S Little, A Toma

St. George’s Hospital, London, UK

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Use of TissuePatch sealant film for treating chylous leak after major neck surgery

L Cheng, S Heaton, G Parker

Oral & Maxillofacial, Head & Neck Surgery, Barts and The London NHS Trust, Homerton University Hospital, and Africa Mercy, The Mercy Ships

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Use of TissuePatch3 sealant film in reducing vascular leak after thyroid surgery

L Cheng, E Ali, R Qureshi, I Qureshi, AcQureshi, J Anderson, F Medici, M Emery

Endocrinology and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Barts and the London NHS Trust, Homerton University Hospital, London, UK

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Use of TissuePatchDural in the closure of an iatrogenic fistula following posterior semicircular canal occlusion surgery for intractable benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

JS Sandhu, E Carr and P Rea

University of Leicester Medical School & Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK

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TPDS Case studies of head and neck patients

Craig Miller, Catherine Lau, Leo Cheng

Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, St Bartholomew's Royal London and Homerton University Hospitals, London

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Use of TissuePatch sealant film for treating chylous leak after major neck surgery

Leo Cheng, Stuart Heaton, Gary Parker

Barts & the London, and Homerton Hospitals, London and the Africa Mercy, Mercy Ships

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Use of TissuePatch following Thyroidectomy

Leo Cheng

St Bartholomew’s, the Royal London, & Homerton University Hospitals, London, and the Mercy Ships

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