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[A Transfusion-Free Surgery for a Jehovah's Witness Bearing a Large Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma with Marked Anemia by
Taiki Okada1, Shunji Kawamoto, Takahiro Terashima
1Dept. of Surgery, Shonan Atsugi Hospital.
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The patient is a 73-year-old woman of Jehovah's witness. A CT scan performed to investigate her anemia and abdominal distention revealed a large retroperitoneal tumor. While she had a profound anemia at the first visit, the tumor of liposarcoma was successfully removed by adopting multidisciplinary treatment, encompassing intense anemia management, embolization of tumor-feeding artery, intraoperative blood conservation and postoperative management. Thus, we report a case of transfusion-free treatment, for removing a large liposarcoma with marked anemia, based on PBM concept.
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