Is routine blood typing and screening necessary for degenerative cervical spine surgery patients in specialty surgical hospitals?
Jorge H NuñezDavid Bosch-GarcíaBerta EscuderoJudith Martínez-PeñasIrene OmisteFrancisco Alonzo-GonzálezAna García de FrutosManuel RamírezPublished in: Transfusion (2022)
Our study suggests that pretransfusion testing for all patients undergoing degenerative cervical spine surgery is unnecessary. We recommend that only patients with preoperative Hgb lower than 12 gr/dl would routinely need pretransfusion testing.