Drug details
Gelfoam Compressed Sponge (absorbable gelatin compressed sponge, usp)
type of Hemostatics
Gelfoam Compressed Sponge (absorbable gelatin compressed sponge) is a medical device intended for application to bleeding surfaces is indicated in surgical procedures as a hemostatic device, when control of capillary, venous, and arteriolar bleeding by pressure, ligature, and other conventional procedures is either ineffective or impractical. Although not necessary, Gelfoam Compressed Sponge can be used either with or without thrombin to obtain hemostasis.
This drug may have the following side effects:
- fever
- infection
- abscess formation
- foreign body reactions
- “encapsulation” of fluid
- blood clots