title: Intraoperative red cell salvage.
abstract: In this article, Tony Fisher explores the background to autotransfusion and how recent advances in equipment and techniques have facilitated intraoperative cell salvage, thus reducing the need for homologous transfusion.
authors.affiliation: Harefield Hospital.
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D000075202:Contraindications; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic