Optimal Blood Use in Genitourinary Surgery
- 1 October 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 126 (4) , 497-499
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)54595-4
Abstract
The most commonly performed urologic surgical procedure is transurethral resection of the prostate. The crossmatching and transfusion records of 226 patients who had undergone transurethral prostatectomy from 1977-1979 were reviewed. Only 13 patients (5.8%) received a transfusion. The crossmatched-to-transfused ratio was 21.5. Preoperative ABO-Rh typing and antibody screen are safe and cost-effective alternatives to preoperative crossmatching of blood for uncomplicated transurethral prostatectomy.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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