Abstract
INTRODUCTION: As a result of the disparity in the number of patients awaiting transplantation in relation to the available organs, nearly 10% of liver transplants in North America are from live-donors and the prospect for this number is increasing. The rate of an allogeneic blood transfusion for a live-donor hepatectomy varies from 10 to 30%. W hile all agree that every effort should be made to avoid a blood transfusion for live-donors, a blood conservation strategy has yet to be established. The objective of this retrospective study was to review the use of preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD) to determine its utility for live-donor hepatectomy for adult-to-adult transplantations.
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