Association of Perioperative Transfusion with Recurrence and Survival After Resection of Distal Cholangiocarcinoma: A 10-Institution Study from the US Extrahepatic Biliary Malignancy Consortium.

Alexandra G Lopez-AguiarCecilia G EthunTimothy M PawlikThuy TranGeorge A PoultsidesChelsea A IsomKamran IdreesBradley A KrasnickRyan C FieldsAhmed SalemSharon M WeberRobert C G MartinCharles R ScogginsPerry ShenHarveshp D MogalEliza W BealCarl SchmidtRivfka ShenoyIoannis HatzarasShishir K Maithel

Published in: Annals of surgical oncology (2019)

Perioperative blood transfusion is associated with decreased RFS and OS after resection for distal cholangiocarcinoma, after accounting for known adverse pathologic factors. Volume of transfusion seems to exert an independent effect, as 1 unit was not associated with the same adverse effects as ≥ 2 units.

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