Blood loss following knee replacement surgery, use it don't lose it

We prospectively studied the ability of the post-operative salvage and reinfusion of unwashed blood to reduce the allogeneic blood transfusion requirements of 339 patients undergoing various types of knee replacement procedures (unilateral, bilateral, revision and unicompartmental). For each type of...

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Published in:The knee 1999-04, Vol.6 (2), p.125-129
Main Authors: Henderson, M.S, Newman, J.H, Hand, G.C.R
Format: Article
Language:English
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Autologous blood
Knee replacement
Salvaged
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Summary:We prospectively studied the ability of the post-operative salvage and reinfusion of unwashed blood to reduce the allogeneic blood transfusion requirements of 339 patients undergoing various types of knee replacement procedures (unilateral, bilateral, revision and unicompartmental). For each type of procedure studied, the use of post-operative blood salvage and reinfusion significantly reduced the need for allogeneic blood transfusion ( P
ISSN:0968-0160
1873-5800
DOI:10.1016/S0968-0160(98)00036-2