The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 40, 305-307, Copyright © 1985 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
A new method of autotransfusing blood drained after cardiac surgery
AJ Tector, DK Dressler and RM Glassner-Davis
Ideally, autotransfusion after cardiac surgical procedures should offer the
protection of underwater-seal drainage and involve additional cost to the
patients only if their blood is reinfused. A technique of returning the
patient's postoperatively drained blood that employs these features and
that we have found to be safe, simple, and cost- effective is presented.