Longatti P L, Paccagnella F, Agostini S, Nieri A, Carteri A
Division of Neurosurgery, City Hospital of Treviso, Italy.
Childs Nerv Syst. 1991 Feb;7(1):40-2. doi: 10.1007/BF00263832.
Homologous transfusions are mandatory in most surgical procedures for correcting craniofacial malformations in infancy. A program of preoperative and intraoperative auto-hemodonation was developed and carried out in eleven infants. Although homologous transfusion could have been avoided in only 7 patients, we think that further experiences and minor corrections of our program may improve these results.