Effect of Ankaferd Blood Stopper on air leakage in the lung and prevention of bleeding: an experimental study

• Published in: Journal of cardiothoracic surgery Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 20
• Main Authors: Kılıçgün, Ali, Sarıkaş, Necla G, Korkmaz, Tanzer, Saydam, Ozkan, Boran, Cetin, Boztaş, Güledal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 27-02-2011; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Air; Animals; Blood; Blood diseases; Care and treatment; Diagnosis; Disease Models, Animal; Equipment Design; Health aspects; Hemostasis, Surgical - instrumentation; Male; Medical examination; Medicine, Botanic; Medicine, Herbal; Pneumonectomy - adverse effects; Postoperative Hemorrhage - etiology; Postoperative Hemorrhage - prevention & control; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Risk factors; Suture Techniques - instrumentation; Treatment Outcome; Turkey
• ISSN: 1749-8090; 1749-8090
• DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-6-20

Air leakage and hemorrhage are important causes of morbidity and mortality in operations and traumas of the lung. Ankaferd Blood Stopper is a herbal product used for stopping hemorrhage. In our study, we investigated the efficacy of Ankaferd Blood Stopper in the prevention of air leakage in the lung and bleeding.
A total of twenty-one Wistar-Albino rats weighing 240 ± 20 grams were used in our study. An equal amount of injury was created in all groups by performing left thoracotomies. No interventions were made on tissue injury in the first group, and suturing was performed in the second group, and Ankaferd was applied in the third group. Air leakage and duration of bleeding were recorded in all groups.
A statistically significant difference was found between the three groups in terms of air leakage time (p = 0,0001) and bleeding time (p = 0,0001). While a significant effect of Ankaferd was detected in terms of air leakage compared to standard surgery (p = 0,017), no difference was found in terms of bleeding time.
Ankaferd Blood Stopper ceases the air leakage in the lung parenchyma significantly and effectively. No significant difference is seen compared to the standard surgery group, although it ceases bleeding significantly.