Great Ormond Street Hospital investigates ‘faulty’ surgical glue
The hospital said it was “unlikely to be the sole or main factor” in the deaths of two children. …
According to a report to a Great Ormond Street Hospital public board meeting on 29 September, titled “Faulty batch of Histoacryl glue potentially impacting patient treatment outcomes”, the adhesive has been used for more than 30 years in the endovascular treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations – a tangle of blood vessels with abnormal connections between arteries and veins.
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