Blood Loss Minimization and Blood Salvage Techniques for Complex Spinal Surgery

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-234

  Bess, R Shay ^a   Lenke, Lawrence G ^b  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; APROTININ; COLLAGEN; FIBRIN; FIBRIN GLUE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GELATIN; GELFOAM; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; THROMBIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ANAPHYLAXIS; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG FATALITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE SURGERY; STROKE;

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; HEMATINICS; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SPINE;

EID: 33746375319     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2006.04.009     Document Type: Review

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