Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und ihre Grenzgebiete
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Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb · Nov 2000
Case Reports[Arterial complications caused by using an axillary crutch].
Of all upper extremity emboli, up to twenty percent arise from an arterial, not a cardiac source. ⋯ Angiography and duplex scanning were necessary for the correct diagnosis.
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Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb · Jul 2000
[Mannheim concept of preoperative autologous blood donation and perioperative autologous blood transfusion in hip endoprosthesis surgery].
To investigate the efficiency of preoperative autologous deposit and intra- and postoperative cell salvage (CS) to reduce homologous transfusion in hip arthroplasty and revision hip arthroplasty. ⋯ Preoperative deposit reduces homologous transfusion requirements considerably in hip surgery. Under the conditions studied CS should be employed in hip arthroplasty in addition to preoperative deposit if the preoperative hemoglobin concentration falls below 12 g/dl. In revision arthroplasty, 4 or more autologous units should be predeposited and CS should be used regularly.