Studies & Articles

Documented excellence

Numerous medical studies have documented the uses and benefits of the versatile tissue adhesive INDERMIL® in various fields of medicine. This is a selection of the relevant articles.

• Incidence of hypertrophic and keloid scars after N-butyl 2-cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive had been used to close parotidectomy wounds: A prospective study of 100 consecutive patients.
  Greenhill GA, O'Regan B, British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2009, 47: 290-293
• Homeostasis of the epidermal barrier layer: A therory of how occlusion reduces hypertrophic scarring.
  O'Shaughnessy K et al., Wound Repair and Regeneration 2009, 17: 700-708
• Wound treatment: stich or stick
  International Review of Patient Care, Spring 2007: 22
• The Tissue Adhesive Indermil and its use in Surgery.
  Roberts AC, Acta Chirurgiae Plasticae 1998, 40 (1): 22-25
• A Single Blind, Prospective, Randomised Trial Comparing
  n-butyl 2-cyanoacrylate Tissue Adhesive (Indermil) and Sutures for Skin Closure in Hand Surgery.
  Sinha S, Naik M, Wright V, Timmons J, Campbell AC, Journal of Hand Surgery (Br) 2001, 26 (3): 264-5
• Use of Indermil Tissue Adhesive for Closure of Superficial Skin Lacerations in Children.
  Schonauer F, Pereira J, La Rusca I, Harris J, Cullen K, Minerva Chirurgica 2001, 56: 427-9
• Treating the Child with Minor Scalp Wounds.
  Eckersley E, Emergency Nurse 1998, 6, No.5
• Which Tissue Adhesive for Wounds?
  Doraiswamy NV, Baig H, Hammett S, Hutton M, Injury 2003, 34 (8): 564-7
• Evaluation of Long-term Outcome of Wounds Closed with Indermil Adhesive.
  Jaibaji M, Liddington M, Geary P, Darcy C, Batchelor AG, Roberts AC, Eur J Plast Surg 2000, 23: 330-2
• n-butyl cyanoacrylate Adhesive for Skin Closure of Abdominal Wounds: Preliminary Results.
  Qureshi A, Roberts AC, Monson JRT, Drew PJ, Duthie GS, Ann R Coll Surg Engl 1997, 79:414-5
• Preliminary Experience with Twenty Perineal Repairs using Indermil Tissue Adhesive.
  Rogerson L, Mason GC, Roberts AC, Eur J Obstet Gynecol and Reprod Biol 2000, 88: 139-42
• The Use of Indermil (n-butyl cyanoacrylate) in Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery.
  A Preliminary Report on the First 33 Patients.
  Samual PR, Roberts AC, Nigam A, Journal of Laryngology and Otology 1997, III: 536-40
• Does Indermil Glue Improve Success Rates in Myringoplasty? Interim Analysis of a Prospective Trial.
  England RJ, Roberts AC, Raines CH, Rev. Laryngol Otol Rhinol Bord 2000, 121 (2): 91-3