“…14 Endoscopic GIA staplers have also been tried for minimising blood loss during radical prostatectomy, and while they did reduce the amount of blood loss, there was an increase in incidence of anastomotic strictures in this group. 69 Finally, a double blind placebo controlled randomised trial done in patients undergoing retro-pubic prostatectomies showed decreased blood loss in the group that received an injection of recombinant factor VIIa in the early operative phase and eliminated the need for transfusion. 70 This Scandanavian study, however, did have rather excessive blood loss in the control group compared with most large series from the USA.…”