Perioperative blood salvage as an alternative to predonating blood for primary total knee and hip arthroplasty.
This retrospective study shows again that intra- and postoperative blood salvage can minimize allogeneic transfusions. For the recent discussion about the use of unwashed drainage blood the paper is remarkable […]
Blood use in cerebrovascular neurosurgery.
This paper has sufficient data with regards to red cell transfusion in cerebrovascular neurosurgery that allows rational recommendations to be made with regards to a blood ordering scheme for such […]