Transfusion Requirements in Microsurgical Reconstruction in Maxillofacial Surgery: Ethical and Legal Problems of Patients Who Are Jehovah's Witnesses

Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and Reconstruction

Miguel Burgueño-Garcia¹  Javier Gonzalez M. Moro¹  Hanna Perez-Chrzanowska⁵  Lorena Pingarron Martin²  Javier Arias-Gallo³  Pilar Ruiz Seco⁴ 

[1] Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain;Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People Hospital, Shanghai, China;Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Sanitas La Moraleja;Internal Medicine;Anesthesiology

关键词: microvascular surgery;    head and neck cancer;    Jehovah's Witnesses;    blood transfusion;   

DOI  :  10.1055/s-0033-1333828

学科分类：口腔科学

来源: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

【 摘 要 】

Objective To study transfusion requirements in patients with cancer undergoing head and neck reconstructive surgery and to discuss surgical and anesthetic strategies to reduce blood loss when the patient is a Jehovah's Witness.

【 授权许可】

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