'Bloodless surgery is not only for Jehovah's Witnesses but for all patients. I think that every doctor should be engaged in it.' - Dr. Joachim Boldt, professor of anesthesiology, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
"While blood transfusions are safer today than in the past, they still pose risks, including immune reactions and contracting hepatitis or sexually transmitted diseases." - Dr. Terrence J. Sacchi, clinical assistant professor of medicine.
"Most physicians have knee-jerk reactions with transfusions and just give them out liberally and indiscriminately. I don't." - Dr. Alex Zapolanski, director of cardiac surgery at the San Francisco Heart Institute.
"I don't see any conventional abdominal opertation that in a normal patient routinely requires blood transfusion." - Dr Johannes Scheele, professor of surgery , Jena, Germanuy.
Next time: The Growing Demand for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery - Bloodless Medicine and Surgery
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