TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY WITHOUT BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
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- 1 March 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 68 (3) , 306-307
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/68.3.306
Abstract
Uncemented total hip replacement surgery without blood transfusion is described in 12 Jehovah's Witnesses and morbidity is compared with a group who each received 3 units of blood. There were no deaths and all the patients except two, one from each group, left hospital within 3 weeks.Keywords
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