The effects of epoetin alfa on transfusion requirements in head and neck cancer patients: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled study.
An exciting issue is studied in this head/neck cancer patient population. Perioperative EPO may have a role to decrease blood transfusion needs and speed recovery. While this is only a […]
How effective is acute normovolaemic haemodilution in femoro-distal bypass surgery?
This case control cohort study reports that the efficacy of acute normovolemic hemodilution as a blood conservation technique appears limited due to the usually poor clinical status of patients undergoing […]
Intraoperative cell salvage in radical retropubic prostatectomy.
This article attempts a risk evaluation with only 62 patients. Unfortunately, statistics tell us that, even to show a risk increase (e.g., of metastasis) by as much as 10%, one […]