OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the practicability of autologous blood donation and transfusion in the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology in our environment.
METHOD
A prospective study of 1221 obstetric and gynaecological patients to which autologous blood donation and transfusion was carried out at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri over an 8 year period (January, 1998 to Dec...