Ces Urol 1999, 3(1):35-39
The radical prostatectomy belongs to surgical therapy with potential blood loss. The tension towards the minimalisation of risk of alogenous blood application leads to expansion of standardised blood care methods, including preoperative autologous blood donorship (PAD) and acute isovolemic hemodilution (AHD), by the method of red cells production support using erythropoetin alpha. The aim of our study was to evaluate the changes in red blood cells count using the methods of blood treatment mentioned above and to assess the erythropoetin toleration and to reduce the disadvantages and potential risks of standard blood treatment methods.
Published: January 1, 1999