This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Letters to the Editor: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when Letters to the Editor are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by COWELL, H. R.
Right arrow Articles by SWICKARD, J. W.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by COWELL, H. R.
Right arrow Articles by SWICKARD, J. W.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1974;56:908-912.
© 1974 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Autotransfusion in Children' s Orthopaedics

HENRY R. COWELL M.D.1 and JOSEPH W. SWICKARD M.D.1

1 From the Alfred I. du Pont Institute, Wilmington

Two hundred and three elective orthopaedic procedures were performed in 193 children and young adults participating in an autotransfusion program in which they donated from one to three units of blood preoperatively, which were used to replace blood lost during surgery. One hundred and thirty-seven procedures, including ninety-one posterior spine fusions for scoliosis, were carried out with autologous blood only. The results of this study show that autotransfusion is a satisfactory method of blood replacement in children and young adults undergoing elective orthopaedic procedures.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 JBJSHome page
A. M. HATZIDAKIS, M. R. MENDLICK, T. McKILLIP, R. L. REDDY, and K. L. GARVIN
Preoperative Autologous Donation for Total Joint Arthroplasty. An Analysis of Risk Factors for Allogenic Transfusion
J. Bone Joint Surg. Am., January 1, 2000; 82(1): 89 - 100.
[Abstract] [Full Text]

Home page
 JBJSHome page
O. LEVY, U. MARTINOWITZ, A. ORAN, C. TAUBER, and H. HOROSZOWSKI
The Use of Fibrin Tissue Adhesive to Reduce Blood Loss and the Need for Blood Transfusion After Total Knee Arthroplasty. A Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Study
J. Bone Joint Surg. Am., November 1, 1999; 81(11): 1580 - 8.
[Abstract] [Full Text]

Home page
 CLIN PEDIATRHome page
R. W. Novak
Autologous Blood Transfusion in a Pediatric Population: Safety and Efficacy
Clinical Pediatrics, April 1, 1988; 27(4): 184 - 187.
[Abstract] [PDF]