Table 7.
Transfusion Rates After Radical Prostatectomy
| Allogeneic Blood Transfusion | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | |||
| Author(s) (Reference) | Institution | Patients, N | Transfusion (%) |
| Open radical prostatectomy | |||
| Smith (71) | Vanderbilt University | NR | 3.0 |
| Koch and Smith (72) | Vanderbilt University | 124 | 2.4 |
| Lepor and Kaci (39) | New York University | 500 | 4.6 |
| Goh et al (73) | University of Michigan | 200 | 5 |
| Leandri et al (56) | Saint-Jean Languedoc-Cerou | 620 | 1.3 |
| Andriole et al (70) | Washington University | 1342 | 11.5 |
| Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy | |||
| Brown et al (22) | Massachusetts General | 156 | 2.6 |
| Rassweiler et al (32) | University of Heidelberg | 438 | 19.9 |
| Ruiz et al (20) | Henri Mondor | 330 | 3.3 |
| Smith (71) | Vanderbilt University | NR | 0 |
| Guillonneau et al (29) | Montsouris Institute | 567 | 4.9 |
NR, not reported.