Article History
Received: 5 June 2020
Accepted: 20 September 2020
First Online: 25 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The experimental procedures performed in this study were conducted in accordance with Italian law and European Union Directive 2010/63/UE on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. The study received ethical approval from the Italian Ministry of Health (Authorization number 367–2015-PR). Written informed consent was obtained from the Biotechnology Research Center for Cardiothoracic Applications (CRABCC, Rivolta d’Adda, Cremona, Italy) that provided the animals used in this study.
: Not applicable.
: V.A.P. and A.B. are employees of the Mascia Brunelli company, and participated in the development of the hemostat products investigated in this study.