Tissue adhesives: Histoacryl® - the real thing
Compared with suturing or stapling, tissue adhesives offer several advantages in wound closure:
- no pain from suture or staple stitches
- saves time and costs (no local anaesthetics, no suture/staple removal, no second consultation)
- antibacterial film protects the wound
- no wound dressing necessary
For decades medical professionals around the world have put their trust into Histoacryl®, the first medical tissue adhesive based on cyanoacrylate. Histoacryl® is CE-marked and approved by the FDA. The successful application of Histoacryl® is described in more than 1.100 publications. Histoacryl®’s success is based upon its well-known advantages:
- fast wound closure
- superior tensile strength, as can be seen from the illustration below
- simple and precise dosage due to slim cannula and blue dye
- applying just one layer is enough
- choice between blue and translucent version
- showering possible