
Post-operative blood salvage reduces need for homologous blood transfusion following THR

Post-operative blood salvage reduces need for homologous blood transfusion following THR
Post-operative blood salvage with autologous retransfusion in primary total hip replacement
J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2007 Aug;89(8):1092-7Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here
Synopsis
190 patients undergoing total hip replacement were enrolled, and randomized to either receive two size 12 Medinorm vacuum drains or an ABTrans autologous re-transfusion system (post-operative salvage). The results at the mean 7 week follow up indicate that post-operative salvage results in a reduced need for homologous blood transfusion, following total hip replacement. This successful method was ...
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