Publications by authors named "Sanja Jakovina"

Autotransfusion is widely used after total hip arthroplasty (THA), but there are concerns about damage of red blood cells (RBCs) collected after surgery. In this study, we wanted to determine the damage and survival of RBCs salvaged after cemented THA and after uncemented THA and to compare the results. In this prospective study of 60 patients-30 who underwent cemented THA and 30 who underwent uncemented THA-postoperative autotransfusion systems (BIODREN; B.

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