How do surgeons reduce the level of bleeding during an operation? – Secondary 11

Question: How do surgeons reduce the level of bleeding during an operation?
- Keywords:
  bleeding,
  neuroscience,
  operation,
  surgeons
Asked by spacenut to Faye, Martin, Mus, Pete on 25 Apr 2012.
- Pete Etchells answered on 25 Apr 2012:
  
  Hi spacenut, that’s another great question! I’m not a medical doctor, so I don’t know the specifics – but I do know that they sometimes use something called a haemostat, which is basically a clamp that they use to put pressure on a vein and slow the amount blood from coming out of it. Hope that answers your question, sorry I don’t know any more details!

spacenut commented on 25 Apr 2012:

No problems! I had an operation on my spine and I was just curious!

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- Pete commented on 26 Apr 2012:
  
  Ouch! That sounds serious – I hope you’re okay.
  
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spacenut commented on 26 Apr 2012:

It’s no problems! It was 7 months ago today, I had a curved spine of 65 degrees, now 13, I think it’s amazing what they did!

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Question: How do surgeons reduce the level of bleeding during an operation?