Is blood transfusion associated with an increased risk of infection among spine surgery patients?: A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blood transfusions are associated with many adverse outcomes among spine surgery patients, but it remains unclear whether perioperative blood transfusion during spine surgery and postoperative infection are related. Recently, many related cohort studies have been published on this topic.

Methods

This study was performed in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases were searched for eligible published studies. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used to assess the methodological quality of the studies, and a random-effects model was used to calculate the odds ratios (ORs) with 95% CIs. Sensitivity analyses were conducted to explore the source of het

SUBMITTER: He YK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6641843 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature