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TRANSMEDIASTINAL GSW

Dr Timothy Hardcastle dr.tchardcastle at absamail.co.za
Sun Sep 13 09:16:27 BST 2009


Why?
There is good evidence that the amount of contamination is small and is
washed clean by the cellsaver, therefore safe to use this blood - study
from Johannesburg by Bowley and Boffard clearly showed that!

Dell wrote:
> We did have cellsaver ready and available, but did not use because of the
> esophageal injury

Tim
Dr T C Hardcastle
M.B., Ch.B. (Stell); M. Med. (Chir) (Stell); FCS (SA)
Principal Specialist Trauma Surgeon /
Honorary Lecturer University of KwaZulu-Natal Dept Surgery
Deputy Director - IALCH Trauma Service
Durban - South Africa

Dr T C Hardcastle
M.B., Ch.B. (Stell); M. Med. (Chir) (Stell); FCS (SA)
Principal Specialist Trauma Surgeon /
Honorary Lecturer University of KwaZulu-Natal Dept Surgery
Deputy Director - IALCH Trauma Service
Durban - South Africa



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