Efficacy of intraoperative cell saver in decreasing postoperative blood transfusions in instrumented posterior lumbar fusion patients

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 571-575

  Gause, Paul R ^a   Siska, Peter A ^a   Westrick, Edward R ^a   Zavatsky, Joseph ^b   Irrgang, James J ^a   Kang, James D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autologous cell salvage; Cell saver; Lumbar surgery; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINE FUSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 41049093054     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181657cc1     Document Type: Article

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