[A Case of Total Hip Arthroplasty with Massive Bleeding due to Metastatic Tumor].

Abstract

A male patient in his eighties was admitted to our hospital complaining of right coxalgia. Total hip arthro- plasty was performed under general anesthesia com- bined with epidural anesthesia. During the operation, massive bleeding occurred accidentally due to meta- static bone tumor. Intraoperative autologous blood transfusion was useful for maintenance of hemody- namics of the patient Intraoperative autologous blood transfusion may be effective in an oncologic operation with massive bleeding.