EXTENDED HEMIPELVECTOMY IN A JEHOVAH-WITNESS WITH ERYTHROPOIETIN SUPPORT

Authors
MEYERS MO HEINRICH S KLINE R LEVINE EA
Citation
Mo. Meyers et al., EXTENDED HEMIPELVECTOMY IN A JEHOVAH-WITNESS WITH ERYTHROPOIETIN SUPPORT, The American surgeon, 64(11), 1998, pp. 1074-1076
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The American surgeon → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031348
Volume
64
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1074 - 1076
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1348(1998)64:11<1074:EHIAJW>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The care of patients refusing blood transfusion who require major abla tive surgery for malignancy is a continuing challenge. The use of reco mbinant human erythropoietin is clearly efficacious in patients with r enal disease and may be useful in anemic patients who refuse transfusi on. Herein, we report a successful extended hemipelvectomy in a Jehova h's Witness using recombinant human erythropoietin support.