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Limited effectiveness of intraoperative autotransfusion in major back surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2006

L. Abildgaard ,
S. Aaro  and
B. Lisander
L. Abildgaard
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital, S-581 85 Linköping, Sweden
S. Aaro
Affiliation:
Department of Back Surgery, University Hospital, S-581 85 Linköping, Sweden
B. Lisander
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital, S-581 85 Linköping, Sweden
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Abstract

Background and objective The efficiency of intraoperative autotransfusion in scoliosis surgery is poorly known but needs to be evaluated, not least because of the large blood losses in these patients. This is a retrospective analysis of transfusion requirements of 43 such patients.

Methods Records from 43 patients were studied. During surgery, the shed blood was salvaged and washed in an autotransfusion device (AT1000 Autotransfusion Unit®) and a suspension of red cells was reinfused.

Results Fifty-eight per cent of the intraoperative blood loss was salvaged. The total blood loss during the patients' hospital stay was calculated from the haemoglobin balance; 24% of this loss was salvaged by the device. Moreover, 36 of the patients needed allogeneic blood transfusion.

Conclusion The efficiency of the autotransfusion device was relatively low in relation to the total extravasation, mainly because the postoperative blood loss is substantial.

Keywords

blood transfusionautologousblood transfusionblood component transfusionbody regionsbackhaemorrhageblood losssurgicalspecialtiessurgicalorthopaedicstherapeuticshaemodilution
Type
Original Article
Information
European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 18 , Issue 12 , December 2001 , pp. 823 - 828
Copyright
2001 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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