This study concludes that vacuum suction causes excessive hemolysis. A Venturi-powered suction system does not cause hemolysis and can be employed to reduce the damaging effects of vacuum suction on blood.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.