Intraoperative red blood cell salvage and autologous transfusion during open radical retropubic prostatectomy: a cost–benefit analysis

INTRODUCTION: Open radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) has an average blood loss of over 1,000ml. This has been reported even from high volume centres of excellence.1–4 We have looked at the clinical and financial benefits of using intraoperative cell salvage (ICS) as a method of reducing the aut...

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Main Authors: Ubee, Sarvpreet, Kumar, Manal, Athmanathan, Nallaswami, Singh, Gurpreet, Vesey, Sean
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal College of Surgeons of England 2011
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Urological Surgery
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3293313/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22041147
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588411X561044
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