Comparison of perioperative blood salvage and postoperative reinfusion of drained blood during surgical correction of craniosynostosis in infants

Summary Background The surgical correction of craniosynostosis may be associated with extensive blood loss and transfusion. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of the perioperative use of the continuous autotransfusion system (CATS group) and of the postoperative use of the CBCII Const...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric anesthesia 2003-11, Vol.13 (9), p.797-804
Hauptverfasser:	Orliaguet, Gilles A., Bruyere, Marie, Meyer, Philippe G., Blanot, Stéphane, Renier, Dominique, Carli, Pierre A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anesthesia Anesthesia depending on type of surgery Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy autotransfusion Biological and medical sciences blood loss Blood Loss, Surgical - prevention & control Blood Loss, Surgical - statistics & numerical data Blood Transfusion, Autologous - instrumentation Blood Transfusion, Autologous - methods Craniosynostoses - surgery craniosynostosis Female Hematocrit Humans Infant infants Male Medical sciences Neurosurgery Perioperative Care - instrumentation Perioperative Care - methods Postoperative Care - methods Retrospective Studies Statistics, Nonparametric
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Zusammenfassung:	Summary Background The surgical correction of craniosynostosis may be associated with extensive blood loss and transfusion. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of the perioperative use of the continuous autotransfusion system (CATS group) and of the postoperative use of the CBCII ConstaVac® system (CV group) to reduce homologous transfusion in infants during repair of craniosynostosis. Methods Two groups of consecutive infants, weighing
ISSN:	1155-5645 1460-9592
DOI:	10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.01155.x