Severe intraoperative bleeding predicts the risk of perioperative blood transfusion after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

ABSTRACT: To evaluate potential factors associated with the risk of perioperative blood transfusion (PBT) with implications on length of hospital stay (LOHS) and major post-operative complications in patients who underwent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) as a primary treatment for prostate cancer (PCa). In a period ranging from January 2013 to August 2019, 980 consecutive patients who underwent RARP were retrospectively evaluated. Clinical factors such as intraoperative blood loss were evaluated. The association of factors with the risk of PBT was investigated by statistical methods. Overall, PBT was necessary in 39 patients (4%) in whom four were intraoperatively. Positive surgical margins, operating time and intraoperative blood loss were associated with perioperative blood transfusion

SUBMITTER: Porcaro AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8960588 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature