Assessment of the need for routine intraoperative cell salvage in liver transplantation.
Claudianne Maia de Farias LimaTatyane Oliveira RebouçasLuciana Maria de Barros CarlosJuliana Bezerra Frota OliveiraEulene Lima da SilvaJanaína Soares AlvesClébia Azevedo de LimaFelipe Pantoja MesquitaJannison Karly Cavalcante RibeiroPedro Everson Alexandre de AquinoDenise Menezes BrunettaJosé Huygens Parente GarciaAntonio Brazil Viana JuniorPublished in: Acta cirurgica brasileira (2023)
This study suggests that routine cell salvage is unnecessary for all liver transplantations. The most suitable indication for its use is in patients presenting with portal vein thrombosis and abnormal creatinine levels.