Metastatic spine tumor surgery: does perioperative blood transfusion influence postoperative complications?
Aye Sandar ZawShashidhar B KantharajannaKarthikeyan MaharajanBarry TanAmarasinghe A SaparamaduAravind KumarPublished in: Transfusion (2017)
This study adds evidence to the literature implicating ABT to be influential on postoperative complications and infections in patients undergoing MSTS. Appropriate blood management measures should, therefore, be given a crucial place in the care of these patients so as to reduce any putative effect of blood transfusion.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- squamous cell carcinoma
- small cell lung cancer
- minimally invasive
- systematic review
- chronic kidney disease
- palliative care
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- cardiac surgery
- coronary artery bypass
- patient reported outcomes
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- surgical site infection