Orthopedic autotransfusion is an effective technique that should be available to patients having total knee arthroplasty. Patient safety, however, must not be compromised simply because the blood is autologous. Blood products, in any form, require close observation and careful administration. The best results are achieved when the physician and all nursing departments involved have comprehensive knowledge of the system and the guidelines for its safe use.
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Transfus Med Hemother
December 2024
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Background: The use of cell salvage and autologous blood transfusion is an important and widespread method of blood conservation during surgeries with expected high blood loss. The continuous autotransfusion device CATSmart (Fresenius Kabi, Germany) contains two new washing programs on the device called Flex wash 3 and Flex wash 5. To the best of our knowledge, there are no published clinical data regarding the performance of the two new washing programs.
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December 2024
Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Tongren Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Georgian Med News
September 2024
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.
Intraoperative blood loss management is a critical concern in orthopaedic surgeries, particularly in trauma and complex elective procedures. Traditionally, allogeneic blood transfusions have been used to manage significant blood loss, but they carry risks such as transfusion reactions, infections, and increased healthcare costs. Cell salvage, or autotransfusion, offers a safer alternative by collecting, processing, and reinfusing the patient's own blood during surgery.
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December 2024
Department of Orthopedics, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Objective: Thoracic spinal stenosis (TSS) surgeries necessitate a substantial amount of allogeneic blood resources. However, the efficacy of preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD) in TSS surgery has not been clearly evaluated. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of PABD for TSS surgery.
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August 2024
Department of Orthopaedics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, No. 107 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
Background: Simultaneous bilateral total hip arthroplasty (SI-THA) results in more blood loss and a greater need for postoperative allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT). Previous studies have reported that multimodal patient blood management (PBM) strategies were associated with a smaller effect of intraoperative cell salvage (ICS) in unilateral total hip arthroplasty. However, there are few studies on the role of ICS in SI-THA.
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