title: Successful repair of a giant abdominal aortoiliac aneurysm in a Jehovah's Witness.
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.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgery/Intensive Care Unit, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, North Manchester General Hospital, Crumpsall, Manchester, UK. levbayam@hotmail.co.uk
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bayam
authors.forename: William F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Tait
authors.forename: Ian D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Macartney
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous / Q000295:instrumentation; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D000068817:Epoetin Alfa; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006397:Hematinics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D008297:Male; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D006397:Hematinics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin; D000068817:Epoetin Alfa