Fa. Zanolli et al., PREDEPOSIT HEMODILUTION AND INTRAOPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE BLOOD SALVAGE IN THE ORTHOPEDIC-SURGERY OF BRAIN-DAMAGED CHILDREN, International journal of artificial organs, 16, 1993, pp. 247-252
The advantages of autologous transfusion are nowaday well known. ii ap
pears so very important to enlarge to the greatest number of kinds of
pathologies, trying to overcome all possible problems and studying eve
ry counterindication. In this study, through a strict collaboration am
ong orthopaedics, anhaestesia, transfusion medicine, neurological and
pediatric specialists, we studied a peculiar protocol, suitable for en
larging the autologous techniques to brain damaged children and, after
a regular application lasted globally for about two years, we did an
evaluation of the results.