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Laparoscopically guided blood salvage and autotransfusion in splenic trauma: a case report
R S Smith1, R K Meister, E K Tsoi
1Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis-East Bay, Oakland 94602.
The Journal of Trauma
|February 1, 1993
Abstract:
Salvage of intraperitoneal blood with autotransfusion is a well-accepted practice. Laparoscopic examination is gaining popularity and holds diagnostic promise for the evaluation of trauma patients. We describe herein the successful combination of these techniques in a patient who sustained blunt abdominal trauma, facilitating splenic salvage, autotransfusion, and avoidance of laparotomy.