Abstract
We report the case of a 76-year-old man of the Jehovah's Witness faith who had a giant abdominal aortoiliac aneurysm that was successfully operated on using an aortoiliac Y-graft bypass technique, without the use of stored allogenic blood. Cell saver technique and recombinant human erythropoietin (epoetin beta) were used during the perioperative period. The patient had good postoperative care with a multidisciplinary approach.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
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Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
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Blood Loss, Surgical / prevention & control*
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Blood Transfusion, Autologous* / instrumentation
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Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
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Epoetin Alfa
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Erythropoietin / therapeutic use
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Hematinics / therapeutic use
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Humans
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Iliac Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
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Iliac Aneurysm / surgery*
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Jehovah's Witnesses*
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Male
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Recombinant Proteins
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Religion and Medicine*
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Treatment Outcome
Substances
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Hematinics
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Recombinant Proteins
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Erythropoietin
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Epoetin Alfa