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Allogenic blood transfusion rate in HA for trauma using suction and autologous re-transfusion drains
Int Orthop. 2016 Dec;40(12):2575-2579229 patients scheduled for hemiarthroplasty following a femoral neck fracture were randomized to postoperative use of either an autologous blood transfusion system or standard closed suction drainage. Autologous blood transfusion systems were set to retransfusion if a minimum of 100mL of blood was collected within the first 6 hours after surgery. Overall, the difference between groups in the mean number of allogenic red blood cell units transfused postoperatively was not significant. Only approximately one-third of patients in the ABT group had enough blood loss in the first 6 hours postoperative to trigger autologous retransfusion.
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