[Long-term survival rate of patients transfused with leucocyte-depleted and buffy-coat-poor blood during colorectal surgery--secondary publication. An eight-year post-trial follow-up study]

Abstract

This study investigated the long-term survival rate of 589 patients enrolled in a trial in 1992-1995 who underwent colorectal surgery. The patients were randomised to receive leucocyte-depleted or buffy-coat-poor blood when transfusion was indicated. Significantly more of the non-transfused patients (59%) were alive seven years later compared to patients transfused with leucocyte-depleted blood (41%) and to patients transfused with buffy-coat-poor blood (45%).