The Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness of Cell Saver Use in Instrumented Posterior Correction and Fusion Surgery for Scoliosis in School-Aged Children and Adolescents

Posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion surgery in school-aged children and adolescents is associated with the potential for massive intraoperative blood loss, which requires significant allogeneic blood transfusion. Until now, the intraoperative use of the cell saver has been extensively adopte...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 9; no. 4; p. e92997
Main Authors:	Miao, Yu-Liang, Ma, Hua-Song, Guo, Wen-Zhi, Wu, Ji-Gong, Liu, Yan, Shi, Wen-Zhu, Wang, Xiao-Ping, Mi, Wei-Dong, Fang, Wei-Wu
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 01.04.2014 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adolescent Adolescents Age Analysis Anesthesiology Bacterial infections Blood Blood transfusion Blood transfusions Care and treatment Child Children Cohort Studies Cost analysis Cost engineering Cost-Benefit Analysis Demography Diagnosis Economic aspects Effectiveness Erythrocyte Transfusion - economics Erythrocytes Hospitals Humans Instrumentation Instruments Joint surgery Medical care, Cost of Medical malpractice Medical records Medicine and Health Sciences Patients Pediatrics Perioperative Care Propensity Score Risk factors Schools Scoliosis Scoliosis - economics Scoliosis - surgery Spinal Fusion - economics Surgery Teenagers Transfusion Treatment Outcome Beijing China China
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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