Transfusion timing and postoperative septic complications after gastric cancer surgery: a retrospective study of 179 consecutive patients

Rocco Domenico Alfonso Bellantone, A Sitges Serra, Maurizio Bossola, Gb Doglietto, M Malerba, G Franch, Fabio Pacelli, F. Crucitti

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Abstract

Immunosuppression associated with homologous blood transfusion was first observed in renal allograft transplantation. Clinical effects of transfusion-induced immunosuppression in surgical patients have been debated in the literature for more than a decade with contradictory results.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)988-992
Number of pages5
JournalArchives of Surgery
Volume133
Publication statusPublished - 1998

Keywords

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Blood Transfusion
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infection
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Stomach Neoplasms
  • Time Factors

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