Blood transfusions in radical prostatectomy: a contemporary population-based analysis.

  • Jan Schmitges
  • Maxine Sun
  • Firas Abdollah
  • Quoc-Dien Trinh
  • Claudio Jeldres
  • Lars Budäus
  • Marco Bianchi
  • Jens Hansen
  • Thorsten Schlomm
  • Paul Perrotte
  • Markus Graefen
  • Pierre I Karakiewicz

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Abstract

To examine the homologous blood transfusion (HBT), autologous blood transfusion (ABT) and intraoperative blood conservation technique (IOBCT) rates and trends at open (ORP) and minimally invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP).

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Original languageEnglish
Article number2
ISSN0090-4295
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22310749