Transfusion (Spine Surgery)

Exposure to Allogeneic Blood Is Reduced

Published in Blood Weekly, February 24th, 1997

A combination of hemodilution and apheresis with intraoperative autologous transfusion decreased the need for allogeneic transfusion in spine surgery patients participating in a University of Texas study.

The combination also significantly decreased reliance on preoperative autologous donation, indicated Robert E. Blais, M.D., and colleagues, the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas ("Efficacy of Autotransfusion in Spine Surgery: Comparison of Autotransfusion Alone and with Hemodilution and Apheresis," Spine, December, 1996;21(23):2795-2800).

The blind, prospective study involved two groups of patients undergoing reconstructive spine...

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Source: Blood Weekly (1997-02-24)

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