2003 Volume 17 Issue 7 Pages 715-720
One hundred twenty-eight patients with lung cancers who underwent lobectomy and hilar and mediastinal lymph node dissection in our department from December 1995 to December 2001, were classified into two groups according to with or without predeposit of autoblood. Autologous blood donation was performed 5-7 days before surgery with a volume of 400 ml. Group A included 77 patients with pre-deposit of autoblood and group B included 51 without predeposit of autoblood. The rate of allogeneic transfusion was significantly lower in Group A than in group B (6.5%, 19.6% respectively, p=0.03). There was no significant difference in mortality and morbidity between the two groups. Furthermore, there was no significant difference in 5-year survival rate after surgery between the two groups.
