1.   A willingness to allow a lower hemoglobin count is one of the tenets of bloodless surgery.

2.   But bloodless surgery offers potential benefits beyond those relating to religious requirements.

3.   But now, more patients and doctors are interested in bloodless surgery as a way to avoid tainted and dwindling blood supplies.

4.   If a patient must have this kind of care, bloodless surgery becomes more complex.

5.   If you are interested in bloodless surgery, there are several questions that you should ask yourself and your physician, experts say.

6.   Some proponents say that bloodless surgery represents a new paradigm of medicine that is less expensive and safer than medicine with transfusions, the standard practice for decades.

7.   Some hospitals are making a business of bloodless surgery.