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Blood Transfusion and Survival Following Nephrectomy for Carcinoma of Kidney
Author(s) -
MOFFAT L. E. F.,
SUNDERLAND G. T.,
LAMONT D.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1987.tb04975.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , blood transfusion , kidney cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , renal carcinoma , renal cell carcinoma , carcinoma , surgery , kidney , urology , paleontology , biology
Summary— Blood transfusion has been reported adversely to affect survival following surgery for a number of malignancies. We have examined retrospectively the records of 126 patients undergoing nephrectomy for renal carcinoma and established that 80 (63%) were transfused. Comparison of the two groups of patients, after controlling for differences in age, sex, tumour stage and haemoglobin level, showed that the transfused patients did not necessarily have poorer survival. In this study, peri‐operative transfusion did not appear to have an adverse effect on long‐term survival following surgery for renal cancer.