{"title":"Intraoperative and postoperative red blood cell salvage.","authors":"M J Behrman, H A Keim","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The risks associated with homologous blood transfusions include hepatitis, transfusion reactions, and AIDS. Intraoperative and postoperative red blood cell salvage and reinfusion are techniques available to decrease the need for homologous transfusions. In this article the techniques of red blood cell salvage are described and the benefits and potential risks of these methods are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":79846,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary orthopaedics","volume":"24 2","pages":"165-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1992-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Contemporary orthopaedics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The risks associated with homologous blood transfusions include hepatitis, transfusion reactions, and AIDS. Intraoperative and postoperative red blood cell salvage and reinfusion are techniques available to decrease the need for homologous transfusions. In this article the techniques of red blood cell salvage are described and the benefits and potential risks of these methods are discussed.