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Transfusion free surgery: single institution experience of 27 consecutive liver transplants in Jehovah's Witnesses.
J Am Coll Surg
September 2005
The Division of Hepatobiliary/Pancreatic Surgery and Transplantation Surgery, University of Southern California-University Hospital and Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Background: Despite the risks associated with transfusion, the medical community continues to view blood as a safe and abundant product. In this article, we provide an effective strategy to accomplish orthotopic liver transplantation without transfusion.
Study Design: From June 1999 through July 2004, 27 liver transplantations were performed in Jehovah's Witness patients at the USC-University Hospital (24 adults, 3 children).