Résumé
Hemostatic agents play a crucial role in successful operations and the pre-hospital care of war wounds. Recently, hemostatic agents have become a hot topic in medicine,surgery and emergency medicine. The topical absorbable hemostatic agents are now the first choice of some clinical bleeding and war wounds owing to their features, such as flexible operation, high efficiency and wide application. A great variety of topical absorbable hemostatics have flooded the market. There are many differences existing among these hemostatics,including sources of material and the hemostatic mechanism,which makes it hard for clinicians to professionally se-lect the appropriate one.This review discusses the classification,hemostatic mechanism,clinical application,advantages and disadvan-tages of common topical absorbable hemostatics. Furthermore,we provide the basic theory for surgeons to choose suitable hemostatic a-gents at the right time.