[Blood transfusion during thoracic surgery]

In 90 patients, to whom blood transfusion was done while the thoracic operation conduction, the blood hemoglobin (Hb) content was analysed. In the patients, to whom intraoperatively the blood preparations transfusion was done, Hb concentration in the blood was lower than in patients with similar blood loss, but who was not blood transfused. While the own blood transfusion conduction, which was reinfused from the pleural cavity, the Hb level lowering was not observed. In 1998, comparing with 1984, the blood transfusion rate had lowered from 14.7 to 4.1% while the intraoperative complications rate lowering. The anastomosis sutures insufficiency occurrence rate had reduced also after reconstructive operations on trachea from 7.6% (in 1978-1987) down to 1.8% (in 1988-1998).