[Autologous blood transfusions in interventions of the pelvis using the cell saver]

H Knönagel1, U Karmann

  • 1Urologische Abteilung, Spital Limmattal, Schlieren.

Helvetica Chirurgica Acta
|October 1, 1992
PubMed

From July 1990 to September 1991 we used the cell-saver for autologous intraoperative retransfusion in 8 radical prostatectomies, 5 cystectomies and one adenomenucleation. Postoperatively we tolerated a hemoglobin fall up to 10 g/100 ml. Doing it without heterologous blood was possible in 7 out of 14 patients. In all of them the preoperative hemoglobin was higher than 13 g/100 ml and the blood loss did not exceed 3000 ml.

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