Open AccessTechniques for Hepatectomies Without Blood Transfusion, Focusing on Interpretation of Postoperative Anemia
Author(s) -
Guido Torzilli,
Andrea Gambetti,
Daniele Del Fabbro,
Piera Leoni,
N. Olivari,
Matteo Donadon,
Marco Montorsi,
Masatoshi Makuuchi
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.139.10.1061
Subject(s) - medicine , hematocrit , anemia , blood transfusion , hemoglobin , surgery , anesthesia , prospective cohort study , hepatectomy , packed red blood cells , resection
Transient postoperative anemia is partially a physiologic phenomenon, and variations in blood transfusion rates after liver resection in different series in part are due to different interpretations of postoperative anemia. Based on the hypothesis that transient postoperative anemia is partially a physiologic phenomenon, we analyzed serum hemoglobin and hematocrit values in patients who underwent liver resection without blood transfusion to check fluctuations.