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Liver cuts were performed on 21 Mini-Leewe-pigs and than closed with suture and by ultrasonic welding with Ligament-FIMOMED and Gelaspon. The sound pressure leads to the forced penetration of the monomere into performed gaps. The application of the ultrasound is sensible in order to force the polymerisation. The experiments resulted in the succesful closure of the liver wounds in all cases where ultrasonic welding of Fimomed-Gelaspon compound was used. Application to human medicine is, however, not yet justified.

The authors report on 52 cases of acute normovolemic hemodilution carried out in the course of surgical operations planned in advance in the period from February to September, 1975. In this connection questions of method, indication and contro-indication as well as juridical and economic aspects are dealt with discussion. The advantages of acute normavolemic hemodilution by transfusing the patient's own blood taken from him some days before the operation are particularly stressed.