Blood Salvage in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in a Community Hospital: A Retrospective Study
Purposes: To assess the results of postoperative and intra-operative blood salvage in patients undergoing total knee and hip arthroplasty, respectively, and to determine if both methods of blood salvage reduce allogeneic transfusion. Methods: Of 229 patients who attempted blood salvage, 114 of 152 p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2005-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/230949900501300104 |