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. 2010 Apr;26(2):196-9.
doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.65386.

Cost benefits of intraoperative cell salvage in radical cystectomy

Sarvpreet S Ubee  1 , Ramaswamy Manikandan, Adinarayana R Gudimetla, Gurpreet Singh
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Cost benefits of intraoperative cell salvage in radical cystectomy

Sarvpreet S Ubee et al. Indian J Urol. 2010 Apr.

Abstract

Objective: We have looked into the clinical and financial benefits of using intra-operative cell salvage (ICS) as a method to reduce the amount of autologous blood transfusion (ABT) requirement for our radical cystectomy (RC) patients.

Materials and methods: Fifteen consecutive patients undergoing radical cystectomy received cell salvaged blood (ICS), while 15 did not (NCS). The cost of using the cell saver, number of homologous transfusions, survival, and recurrences were recorded and compared using paired t-test and chi-square test between the two groups. A Dideco Electa® (Sorin Group, Electa, Italy) cell saver machine was used for all the patients in the ICS group and leukocyte filters were used on the salvaged blood before the autologous transfusion.

Results: The mean age was 63 years (53-72 years), 66 years (46-79 years) in ICS and NCS groups, respectively (P = 0.368). All 15 (100%) patients in the NCS group required an allogenic transfusion compared to 9/15 (60%) in the ICS group (P = 0.08). There was a significant reduction in the mean volume of allogenic blood transfused with the use of cell saver. Median follow-up was 23 and 21 months in the ICS and NCS group with 10 and 4 patients alive at last follow-up, respectively. There was a saving of 355 pounds per patient in the ICS group compared to the NCS group.

Conclusion: Our initial study shows that cell savage is feasible and safe in patients undergoing radical cystectomy. It does not adversely affect the medium term outcome of patients undergoing RC and is also cost effective.

Keywords: Blood transfusion; intraoperative cell salvage; radical cystectomy.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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