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[Intraoperative autotransfusion and use of cell saver systems]
T C Schmandra1, W Klühs, H J Wenisch
1Klinik für Allgemeinchirurgie, Klinikum der J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.
Langenbecks Archiv Fur Chirurgie. Supplement. Kongressband. Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Chirurgie. Kongress
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
In the last two years we have performed intraoperative autotransfusion by a cell-saving-system in 46 patients causing a 70%-reduction in the need of homologous blood transfusion. 20% of these patients did not need homologous blood at all. Besides minimizing transfusion-associated risks, intraoperative autotransfusion had an evident cost-sparing effect.