Nonanemic Patients Do Not Benefit from Autologous Blood Donation Before Total Knee Replacement
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Autologous blood transfusion after primary unilateral total knee replacement surgery.
A prospective study was undertaken to assess the efficacy and financial cost of the use of an autologous blood transfusion device in the reduction of allogeneic blood requirements of patients undergoing primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty. Forty-nine consecutive patients received either the CellTrans blood salvage device (group A of 32 patients) or the Redivac high vacuum drainage system...
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عنوان ژورنال: HSS Journal ®
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1556-3316,1556-3324
DOI: 10.1007/s11420-011-9200-9