Compared with suturing or stapling, tissue adhesives offer several advantages in wound closure:

• no pain from suture or staple stitches
• saves time and costs (no local anaesthetics, no suture/staple removal, no second consultation)
• antibacterial film protects the wound
• no wound dressing necessary

For decades medical professionals around the world have put their trust into Histoacryl®, the first medical tissue adhesive based on cyanoacrylate. Histoacryl® is CE-marked and approved by the FDA. The successful application of Histoacryl® is described in more than 1.100 publications. Histoacryl®’s success is based upon its well-known advantages:

• fast wound closure
• superior tensile strength, as can be seen from the illustration below
• simple and precise dosage due to slim cannula and blue dye
• applying just one layer is enough
• choice between blue and translucent version
• showering possible