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. 2019 Jul;54(4):377-381.
doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1693054. Epub 2019 Aug 20.

Is Intraoperative Blood Cell Salvage Effective in Hip Surgery?

Nara Granja Nunes  1 , José Alberto Alves Oliveira  2 , Francisca Magna Prado Bezerra  1 , Velma Dias do Nascimento  3 , Danielle Maia Holanda Dumaresq  1 , Manoel Cláudio Azevedo Patrocinio  1
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Is Intraoperative Blood Cell Salvage Effective in Hip Surgery?

Nara Granja Nunes et al. Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo). 2019 Jul.

Abstract

Objective The present study aims to evaluate the efficacy of blood cell salvage (CS) as a method of reducing allogeneic blood transfusion in patients submitted to transtrochanteric femoral and hip surgeries due to injury. Methods Prospective cohort of 38 patients from a school hospital submitted to hip or trochanteric surgeries and divided into two groups from August 2015 to February 2017. Patients with any malignancy or infectious condition were excluded from the study. Cell savage group (19 patients) received autologous blood using cell saver, whereas control group (19 patients) received just allogeneic blood, if needed. Red blood cell parameters, blood transfusion requirements, and clinical and surgical characteristics, such as age, gender, ASA scale and type of surgery, were compared both preoperatively and postoperatively. Data was processed in SPSS 20.0. Results There were no differences in the clinical parameters studied (age, gender and ASA scale). Red blood cell parameters on the first day postoperative were higher in the cell savage group ( p < 0.05). No significant reduction of intraoperative and postoperative allogeneic blood transfusion requirements was found. Conclusion This study found that CS was not effective in reducing intraoperative and postoperative allogeneic blood transfusion requirements in patients submitted to transtrochanteric femoral and hip surgery.

Keywords: blood transfusion; blood transfusion, autologous; femoral fractures; hip/surgery.

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Conflitos de Interesses Os autores declaram não haver conflitos de interesses.

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