Intraoperative red cell salvage during obstetric surgery in 50 Japanese women

Morikawa, Mamoru; Kuramoto, Akitaka; Nakayama, Masaki; Oguchi, Hidenori; Hasegawa, Masaaki; Funakoshi, Toru; Furukawa, Seishi; Hirayama, Emi; Kanagawa, Takeshi; Kaji, Takashi; Kasai, Mayumi; Konishi, Yasuhiro; Yamamoto, Shin‐ichi; Itakura, Atsuo; Maeda, Makoto; Kobayashi, Takao; Minakami, Hisanori

doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.09.008

Intraoperative red cell salvage during obstetric surgery in 50 Japanese women

Objective To determine the clinical usefulness of intraoperative cell salvage (ICS) in obstetrics. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed using data for 50 patients who had received ICS blood during obstetric surgery at 13 Japanese facilities between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2013.…