PENN Surgeons Offer Transfusion-Free Heart Surgery To All

... Transfusion-free cardiac surgery is now available at the University of Pennsylvania Health System to anyone who wants it and qualifies as a good candidate. Patients receive no foreign blood, reducing the risk of complications and a long hospital stay. "It has been available to patients who refused a transfusion due to religious convictions, but most of the general public is still unaware this option now exists for them as well," comments Charles R... click link for more info. ...