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2018年3月19日—TheSurgiceldressingworksbymeldingintothedamagedtissueofanopenwound.Asanabsorbablehemostat,itvirtuallyblendsintothewound ...

Hemostasis is the process by which bleeding tissue and damaged blood vessels stop bleeding. In other words, hemostasis allows for the blood in damaged blood vessels to remain within the vessel instead of seeping outward. Its the first necessary step to healing a wound and it consists of coagulation, which is the blood changing from a liquid form to a gel-like substance.

Intact blood vessels are essential to preventing the formation of clots. Certain cells in the intact vessels, namely endothelial cells, possess a heparin-like molecule as well as thrombomodulin that prevent clotting and prostacyclin and nitric oxide that prevent the aggregation of platelets. However, when the endothelial cells are compromised or damaged, they effectively stop the secretion of these molecules. Instead, the endothelial cells begin to secrete the von Willebrand factor wh...