Bloodless Surgery

isaacbowman writes "Dr. Charles Bridges, a Pennsylvania Hospital cardiologist, says says regarding new bloodless surgery options - "Among the benefits are reductions in recovery time, hospital stay, cost and complications -- as well as an estimated $20,000 in savings per patient." Advances in medicine have made this possible and Dr. Bridges also says, "There's no downside to it that we can see, and there's certainly no downside that's been documented." Dr. Patricia Ford, director of Pennsylvania Hospital's Center for Bloodless Medicine & Surgery, further states, why blood transfusions are dangerous, saying that they are "like getting a transplant; they can be risky and should be a last resort.""

Comments

Re:I'll bet

[the_humeister]

That dull roar you just heard outside was the US's entire population of medical residents placing a revolver in their mouth and pulling the trigger.

And there goes the $20,000 savings per patient...

Re:Bloodless Surgery?

[kfg]

How do you cut open someone's chest to fix a heart valve without there being blood?

Vampires.

KFG