Jullet Han, Hamed Ahmadi, Seyedeh-Sanam Ladi-Seyedian, Thomas G Clifford, Antoin Douglawi, Willem Xu, Soroush T Bazargani, Samuel Mingo, Duraiyah Thangathurai, Siamak Daneshmand, Hooman Djaladat
OBJECTIVES: To describe the safety and feasibility of urological transfusion-free surgeries in Jehovah's Witness patients. METHODS: An institutional review board-approved, retrospective review of Jehovah's Witness patients who underwent urological transfusion-free surgeries between 2003 and 2019 was carried out. Surgeries were stratified into low, intermediate and high risk based on complexity, invasiveness and bleeding potential. Patient demographics, perioperative data and clinical outcomes are reported...
October 12, 2021: International Journal of Urology: Official Journal of the Japanese Urological Association