Bloodless (Liver) Surgery? The Anesthetist’s View

Bloodless Medicine and Surgery

Bloodless Pelvic Fracture Surgery

Vertebral compression fractures are the most common fractures associated with osteoporosis. Approximately 700,000 osteoporosis-related vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) occur each year in the U.S. Currently, treatment is focused primarily on prevention. When fractures occur in patients with osteoporosis, treatment options are limited to bed rest and pain medications because open surgery w...

Can a bloodless surgery program work in the trauma setting?

Mr. Green was our patient in 1997. Looking back, we realized that some standard nursing care provided to him was counterproductive, even harmful. For example, he was turned regularly, no one realizing that this would disturb clots that had formed to halt bleeding. His level of arousal was also checked frequently, fueling a need for oxygen that couldn't be met by his reduced hemoglobin level. Wi...

Bloodless Surgery for Rupture of Isolated Internal Iliac Artery Aneurysm

Blood-sparing surgical techniques and perioperative medical management allow for complex cardiovascular surgery for patients who refuse blood transfusion. We describe here successful surgical treatment of a ruptured isolated internal iliac artery aneurysm in a Jehovah’s Witness patient who was suffering from renal dysfunction, shock, and chronic heart failure and was not a candidate for endovas...

Development and implementation of a bloodless medicine and surgery program.

O R G A N I Z AT I O N A L I N F O R M AT I O N The hospital discussed in this Fellow Project is a 392-bed, Joint Commission– accredited, faith-based organization located in the southeastern United States. It’s market base consists of a regional heart center, a regional cancer center, a Commission on Accreditation of Rehab Facility inpatient rehabilitation center, schoolbased health centers, a ...