Getting a blood transfusion if you need one, as I did after my paragliding crash several years ago when I shattered my pelvis, can be lifesaving. Patients undergoing surgery or actively bleeding from ...

Cell Saver Not Cost-Effective in Single-Level Lumbar Surgery Use of intraoperative blood salvage (cell saver) is not cost-effective for adult patients undergoing single-level posterior lumbar ...

A method called the cell-saver program collects, cleans and returns a patient’s blood lost during a surgery to avoid blood transfusions, according to a July 27 report from FOX/ABC affiliate WFVX.

Eric Michael, a UPMC perfusionist, describes how a cell saver device collects a patient's lost blood during surgery and recycles the red blood cells.