| The surgeon inspects all cannulation sites for bleeding and makes any needed repairs with polypropylene suture pledgets. |
| For a ventricular hemorrhage, direct digital pressure or suturing via non-absorbable vascular sutures with pledgets. |
| Keep all sponges, gauze, pledgets, and their strings moist throughout the procedure to help them resist ignition. |
| The pledgets are placed on the atrial side of the mitral annulus. |
| The perforation was repaired with direct suture closure using Teflon pledgets. |
| This is repeated with fresh pledgets until the meatus is cleansed. |
