Combined Preoperative Autologous Blood Donation and Intra-Operative Cell Salvage for Hip Surgery

Purpose. To review records of 161 consecutive hip surgery patients for whom preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD) was used in combination with intra-operative cell salvage (ICS). Methods. 114 women and 14 men aged 41 to 86 (mean, 64) years underwent 135 primary total hip arthroplasties (THAs...

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Main Authors: Reiko Kubota, Masahiko Nozawa, Keiji Matsuda, Katsuhiko Maezawa, Sung-Gon Kim, Kouichi Maeda, Takashi Ikegami, Kentarou Hayashi, Masataka Nagayama, Haruka Kaneko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-12-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/230949900901700308