[Development and results of autologous blood transfusion in Magdeburg]

The autologous blood transfusion is an important part of the modern hemotherapy. Especially in orthopedics presurgical blood donation of the patients is possible since the operations are exactly planable close. Cooperation between the clinic and the transfusion service is necessary. The results of autologous transfusions in 1,086 patients (1,428 donations) of an orthopedic clinic over a period of six years were critically analyzed.