Impact of intraoperative blood salvage and autologous transfusion during liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma.
Marcelo A PintoTomaz J M Grezzana-FilhoAljamir D ChedidIan LeipnitzJoão E PredigerMário R Alvares-da-SilvaAlexandre de AraújoSofia ZahlerBruno B LopesÂngelo Z D GiampaoliCleber R P KruelMarcio Fernandes ChedidPublished in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2020)
IBS does not appear to be associated with worse outcomes in patients undergoing LT for HCC, even in the presence of viable HCC in the explant. There seems to be no reason to contraindicate the use of IBS in LT for HCC.