Jehovah's Witnesses are a well-known patient demographic in medicine because of their religious-based refusal of blood transfusion. This case report outlines the treatment of a Jehovah's Witness patient in need of an extensive cytoreductive surgery due to a peritoneal carcinomatosis of ovarian origin. The surgeons carried out all the recommended surgical and anaesthetic measures concluding that extensive cytoreductive surgery on a Jehovah's Witness is possible and that a complete cytoreduction can be safely performed.
Vallicelli C, Catena F, Ghermandi C, Amaduzzi A, Coccolini F, Cipolat L, et al. (2015). Extensive cytoreductive surgery in a Jehovah's Witness patient A case report. ANNALI ITALIANI DI CHIRURGIA, 86, 1-1.
Extensive cytoreductive surgery in a Jehovah's Witness patient A case report.
VALLICELLI, CARLO;CATENA, FAUSTO;AMADUZZI, ANNALISA;COCCOLINI, FEDERICO;CUCCHI, MICHELE;SCHIAVINA, RICCARDO;PINNA, ANTONIO DANIELE
2015
Abstract
Jehovah's Witnesses are a well-known patient demographic in medicine because of their religious-based refusal of blood transfusion. This case report outlines the treatment of a Jehovah's Witness patient in need of an extensive cytoreductive surgery due to a peritoneal carcinomatosis of ovarian origin. The surgeons carried out all the recommended surgical and anaesthetic measures concluding that extensive cytoreductive surgery on a Jehovah's Witness is possible and that a complete cytoreduction can be safely performed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
