Open Access‘Soup ladle’ autotransfusion
Author(s) -
Ansaloni L.,
Gaines C.,
Tocalli E.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.202
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1365-2168
pISSN - 0007-1323
DOI - 10.1002/bjs.1800830132
Subject(s) - autotransfusion , medicine , surgery , blood transfusion , perioperative , blood preservation , blood collection , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , andrology
Autotransfusion is the collection and reinfusion of the patient's own blood. This technique can help in response to the increasing demand for blood and the heightening awareness of transfusion morbidity 1 . A simple, low cost, perioperative autotransfusion technique that can be easily practised by all surgeons is described.
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