Designer orthopaedic surgery in a patient with anti-Vel antibodies

Shakir Syed1, Arshad Bhatti, M M Shah

  • 1Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic, The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom. drshakirsyed@yahoo.com

The authors present a rare case of anti-Vel antibodies in a patient who underwent a shoulder replacement with a custom designed procedure which involved combination of autologous blood pre-deposit, pre-operative haemodilution and resurfacing arthroplasty.

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