A method called the cell-saver program collects, cleans and returns a patient’s blood lost during a surgery to avoid blood transfusions, according to a July 27 report from FOX/ABC affiliate WFVX.

Getting a blood transfusion if you need one, as I did after my paragliding crash several years ago when I shattered my pelvis, can be lifesaving. Patients undergoing surgery or actively bleeding from ...

June 13, 2001 14:19: HARLOW'S Princess Alexandra Hospital has received a new machine which will allow operations to be carried out without the need for blood transfusions. The £4,500 'cell saver' ...

Toronto, ON - Canadian surgeons have performed the first prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled trial comparing use of a novel cell-saver device with cardiotomy suction in coronary artery ...

June 15, 2001 9:18: HARLOW'S Princess Alexandra Hospital has received a new machine which allows operations to be carried out without the need for blood transfusions. The £4,500 'cell saver' machine ...