Intraoperative autotransfusion and the use of ZITI-2000 Autologous Blood Recovery System in rescue patients with serious surgical bleeding

Objective: To study the effect of intraoperative autologous blood transfusion and the use of ZITI 2000 Autologous Blood Recovery System to rescue patients with serious surgical bleeding. Methods: 10 patients with serious surgical bleeding from November 1996 to June 1999 were retrospectively studied for intraoperative autotransfusion using ZITI 2000 Autologous Blood Recovery System. The treatment results were investigated and compared with those of the 7 patients who didn't use intraoperative autotransfusion to treat the serious surgical bleeding from June 1995. Results: The 10 patients rescued with ZITI 2000 Autologous Blood Recovery System all survived, while 4 of those performed without ZITI 2000 Autologous Blood Recovery System died and the remaining 3 survived. Conclusion: ZITI 2000 Autologous Blood Recovery System can reclaim surgial bleeding in time, maintain remaining availability circulation, reduce the complications of homologous transfusion, and increase the success rate of rescue.