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Product information for Dermabond 0.5 ml High Viscosity
Dermabond Topical Skin Adhesive; strong closure, strong protection. • Equivalent to other commercially available closure devices (CADs), including sutures and staples, for closing long surgical incisions. • Successfully used across a range of procedures by surgeons from 6 different specialties. • Effective in closing surgical incisions of many types, including punctures from minimally invasive surgery. • FDA-approved topical skin adhesive that protects wounds from bacteria that can cause infection.
Other studies have shown that DERMABOND adhesive: • Provides the strength of healed tissue at 7 days in less than 3 minutes. • Has bursting strength equivalent to 4.0 suture. • Offers the greatest 3-dimensional tensile strength of all cyanoacrylates.
Patient Comfort/ Easy postoperative care: • Showers permitted immediately, no need for suture or staple removal and no need for dressings. • Higher patient satisfaction following skin closure with Dermabond adhesive compared with suture. • Elimination of potential complications of burns and blisters from adhesive tapes.
Time savings in the OR: • Faster time to close compared with standard wound closure methods. • Significantly faster closure compared to subcuticular sutures for laparoscopic port closure and incisions greater than 4 cm.
