HIGH TISSUE FACTOR CONCENTRATION IN THE OMENTUM, A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF ITS HEMOSTATIC PROPERTIES

The hemostatic properties of the pedicled omentoplasty turned out to b e helpful in difficult hemorrhages in extensive surgery. As suggested by others. a high concentration of tissue factor (TF) in the omentum c ould be responsible for this favourable property. The authors investig ated the nature of that property in 11 patients who underwent laparoto my. In omentum and striated muscle (controls) the TF-concentrations in both tissues were estimated by the ELISA method. A significant differ ence between TF-concentration in omentum and striated muscle could be demonstrated.