How accurate is visual estimation of perioperative blood loss in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery?

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess whether the visual estimation method for perioperative blood loss is accurate in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery. METHODS:Sixty-five consecutive patients, who were operated on from 2012 to 2015 and had a diagnosis of AIS, were included into the study. Gender, age, preoperative weight and height, preoperative major curve magnitude and T5‒T12 kyphosis angles, the fusion level, and the time of surgery were recorded. Perioperative blood loss was estimated by the same anesthesiologist for all patients. Then, an experienced surgeon estimated the perioperative blood loss by a gravimetric method, and the results were compared. RESULTS:Seventeen (26.2%) of the patients were male and 48 (73.8%) were female. The mean age was 15.8 ± 1.9. The mean h

SUBMITTER: Ulusoy A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6146011 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature