This newsletter will focus on the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach to Blood Management program and how orthopedic surgery fits into the vital role of a successful program.
Radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) is an operation historically associated with the potential for significant blood loss. Patients who refuse a blood transfusion, such as Jehovah’s witnesses, may be only offered radiation therapy as potentially curative treatment for prostate cancer because of the potential for a transfusion.