Open Access“Bloodless” Major Pulmonary Resection in Two Jehovah’s Witnesses Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Tomer Snir,
Ilya Kirgner,
Nahum Nesher,
Yaacov Abramov,
Marina Kolodii,
Sharbel Azzam,
Michael Peer
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of blood medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.676
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 1179-2736
DOI - 10.2147/jbm.s347249
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , blood transfusion , blood loss , pneumonectomy , resection , lung , carcinoma , cardiothoracic surgery , general surgery
Blood transfusion rates during surgery and hospitalization for thoracic surgery vary from 16% to 55%. The religious beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) permit medical and surgical procedures but exclude the use of blood and blood products. Performing major pulmonary resection without the possibility of compensating for blood loss is a daunting challenge that few surgeons are willing to meet.