Safety of the Use of Blood Salvage and Autotransfusion During Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Abstract

We found no evidence of a significant impact of autotransfusion on posttransplant HCC recurrence. Thus, salvaged and filtered RBCs could be used in HCC patients undergoing liver transplantation with potential benefits from avoiding allogeneic RBCs transfusion and its complications.