Effectiveness of Intraoperative Cell Salvage in Aseptic Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty.

Effectiveness of Intraoperative Cell Salvage in Aseptic Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty: a Single-center Retrospective Study

Intraoperative cell salvage is an important measure of patient blood management but its effectiveness in patients undergoing revision total hip arthroplasty remains unclear. Over the last decade, we have used intraoperative cell salvage systematically in this group of patients. However, since the use of cell salvage has a cost and requires additional resources, we decided to retrospectively investigate its usefulness in this particular indication.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Eligible patients were adults undergoing elective aseptic revision of hip arthroplasty at the department of orthopedic surgery of the University Hospital of Liege between 01 January 2011 and 31 December 2020.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing revision for infection or with local malignancies were excluded from this study.