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World J Gastrointest Surg. Jan 27, 2019; 11(1): 11-18
Published online Jan 27, 2019. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v11.i1.11
Intraoperative cell salvage with autologous transfusion in liver transplantation
Marcelo A Pinto, Marcio F Chedid, Leo Sekine, Andre P Schmidt, Rodrigo P Capra, Carolina Prediger, João E Prediger, Tomaz JM Grezzana-Filho, Cleber RP Kruel
Marcelo A Pinto, Marcio F Chedid, Rodrigo P Capra, Carolina Prediger, João E Prediger, Tomaz JM Grezzana-Filho, Cleber RP Kruel, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Medical School of UFRGS, Porto Alegre 90035-007, Brazil
Leo Sekine, Division of Hematology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Medical School of UFRGS, Porto Alegre 90035-007, Brazil
Andre P Schmidt, Division of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Medical School of UFRGS, Porto Alegre 90035-007, Brazil
Author contributions: All authors wrote the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflict of interest to disclose.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Marcio F Chedid, MD, PhD, Doctor, Professor, Surgeon, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Medical School of UFRGS, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2350, Sixth Floor, Room 600, Porto Alegre 90035-903, Brazil. marciochedid@hotmail.com
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Received: November 27, 2018
Peer-review started: November 27, 2018
First decision: December 10, 2018
Revised: December 17, 2018
Accepted: December 29, 2018
Article in press: December 30, 2018
Published online: January 27, 2019
Core Tip

Core tip: Intraoperative blood salvage autotransfusion is routinely used in liver transplant. In this article, we review its indications and contraindications, advantages and disadvantages, and cost-effectiveness.