title: Management of bilateral Wilms' tumors in the daughter of Jehovah's Witnesses.
abstract: Surgical treatment of the children of Jehovah's Witnesses is a challenging problem both ethically and technically. The authors recently operated on such a child who had bilateral Wilms' tumors. Techniques used to minimize blood loss included erythropoietin, hemodilution, and the argon beam coagulator. A full understanding of the religious, legal, and ethical issues is essential when treating the children of Jehovah's Witnesses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Ohio 44195, USA.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alexander
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002835:Christianity; D005260:Female; D006438:Hemodilution; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000601:surgery; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000601:surgery*