Autologous transfusion of drained blood in hip and knee alloplasty. a prospective controlled study of 56 patients
Kristensen, P.W.; Sørensen, L.S.; Thyregod, H.C.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 155(18): 1382-1386
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-5782 PMID: 8497972 Document Number: 414509
Fifty-six patients undergoing hip or knee replacements were randomized to receive autologous drain-blood transfusion or homologous blood transfusion at postoperative need. A reinfusion of 65% of the postoperative drainage blood loss was achieved. The number of homologous blood transfusions fell concomitantly from 2.3 to 0.6 after hip replacement and from 3.3 to 0.3 after knee replacement. No signs of activation of the complement or coagulation systems were found.