Agree, and I thought he had both hips replaced. I’ve seen some total joint replacements require blood but usually older pts w/complications. Also, when MD farts around during surgery. The excellent surgeons don’t waste time in the operating room. Those that do allow greater time to lapse during surgery, have greater blood loss. . . He could have donated his own blood ahead of surgery and they had devices back then that orthopedic surgeries were using to salvage and filter blood loss for replacement transfusion.
Agree, and I thought he had both hips replaced. I’ve seen some total joint replacements require blood but usually older pts w/complications. Also, when MD farts around during surgery. The excellent surgeons don’t waste time in the operating room. Those that do allow greater time to lapse during surgery, have greater blood loss. . . He could have donated his own blood ahead of surgery and they had devices back then that orthopedic surgeries were using to salvage and filter blood loss for replacement transfusion.