[Artificial normovolemic hemodilution with preoperative blood preservation in reconstructive operations in the...

The artificial normovolemic hemodilution allows to improve results of planned aortobifemoral shunts in patients with the Leriche syndrome. The method was used in 45 of 138 operations of this kind. The level of postoperative complications was reduced from 33.3% to 22.2%, that of anemia--from 25.8 to 13.3%, postoperative lethality became lower (from 11.8 to 4.4%).