HEMORRHAGE OCCLUDER PINS

Catalog No(s). HOP-03 and HOP-AP

Titanium thumbtacks for control of presacral hemorrhage

“Overwhelming, life-threatening sacral bleeding is nearly always stopped with the use of sterile thumbtacks.”
Shackelford’s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract¹

“Sterile titanium thumbtacks should be available in all operating rooms where rectal surgery is performed.”
Abe Fingerhut, MD⁴

Presacral bleeding during pelvic surgery can be difficult to control by conventional methods and may result in massive hemorrhage and death. The HEMORRHAGE OCCLUDER PIN is a simple, well documented solution to this problem.

• Designed to control severe sacral bleeding during pelvic surgery
• To be used when clamping, suturing, and cauterization are ineffective
• Easily and effectively used when time is critical
• 10 mm diameter head
• Serrated 7 mm shaft to prevent withdrawal and migration
• Made of medical grade titanium
• Available with or without APPLICATOR
• Supplied sterile

Hemorrhage Occluder Pin for Control of Presacral Bleeding

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