Combination of blood-saving methods decreases homologous blood requirements in scoliosis surgery
Abstract
A study was conducted in patients undergoing surgery for idiopathic scoliosis, to determine whether combining blood-saving methods would decrease the need for homologous blood. Five groups were compared in a prospective, randomized fashion. In control patients (n =13), blood loss was replaced by colloids. Preoperative haemodilution (PHD group) was used in ten patients. In the intraoperative autotransfusion (IAT) group (n =11), washed red cells were returned to the patient. In the PHD + IAT group, both methods were combined (n =13). In the fifth group, in addition, arterial hypotension was maintained with sodium nitroprusside (the PHD + IAT + HA group, n =10). The haemoglobin value was kept above 79 g/l. Total blood loss did not differ between groups. The use of homologous blood in the PHD + IAT and PHD + IAT + HA groups was significantly less than in controls. It is concluded that blood-saving measures can be combined with an augmentative effect.
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