Should cell salvage be used in oncological surgery?

British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-

  Bouras, Irene ^a   Mingo, Olivia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77952312197     PISSN: 17508460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2010.71.1.45980     Document Type: Note

References (7)

1. Catling S, Williams S, Freites O, Rees M, Davies C, Hopkins L (2008) Use of a leucocyte filter to remove tumour cells from intra-operative cell salvage blood. Anaesthesia 63: 1132-8.
2. Heiss M, Mempel W, Jaunch K et al (1993) Beneficial effect of autologous blood transfusion on infectious complications after colorectal cancer surgery. Lancet 342(8883): 1328-33.
3. Heiss MM, Mempel W, Delanoff C et al (1994) Blood transfusion-modulated tumor recurrence: first results of a randomized study of autologous versus allogeneic blood transfusion in colorectal cancer surgery. J Clm Oncol 12(9): 1859-67.
4. Miller G, Ramsden C, Primrose J (1991) Autologous transfusion: an alternative to transfusion with banked blood during surgery for cancer. Br J Surg 78: 713-15.
5. Motoyama S, Okuyama M, Kitamura M, Saito R, Kamata S, Murata K, Ogawa J (2004) Use of autologous instead of allogeneic blood transfusion during esophagectomy prolongs disease free survival among patients with recurrent esophageal cancer. J Surg Oncol 87: 26-31.
6. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2008) Intraoperative red blood cell salvage during radical prostatectomy or radical cystectomy. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, London (http://guidance.nice.org.uk/IPG258/Guidance/pdf/English accessed 14 December 2009).
7. Takemura M, Osugi H, Higashino M, Takada N, Lee S, Kinoshita H (2005) Effect of substituting allogenic blood transfusion with autologous blood transfusion on outcomes after radical oesophagectomy for cancer. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 11(5): 293-300.