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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: There was no difference in postoperative bleeding (median 394 ml (interquartile range 270-480) vs 385 (255-430) ml, p = 0. 69), proportion of patients receiving transfusions of blood products (11/39 vs 11/38, p = 0. 95), haemoglobin levels 24h after surgery (11613 vs 11614 g l (-1), p = 0. 87), thrombo-elastometric variables, interleukin-6 (219144 vs 201144 pg ml (-1), p = 0. 59), thrombin-anti-thrombin complex (11. 09. 1 vs 14. 815, p = 0. 19) or D-dimer (0. 560. 49 vs 0. 540. 44, p = 0. 79) between the autotransfusion group and the no-autotransfusion group.