Why the study?
Does a preoperative autologous blood collection program reduce homologous transfusion exposure in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy?
Population
71 consecutive patients who underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy under controlled hypotensive anesthesia
Comparison
Preoperative autologous blood collection program vs Elected not to use autologous blood
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
perioperative
Authors
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May modestly reduce homologous transfusions with autologous donation; leaves open net benefit given induced anemia in radical prostatectomy.
Does a preoperative autologous blood collection program reduce homologous transfusion exposure in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy?
Preoperative autologous blood collection decreases homologous transfusion exposure but causes preoperative anemia, offering only modest benefit for radical prostatectomy patients.
Yamada et al. (1993) studied this question.
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