Drain Use is Associated with Increased Odds of Blood Transfusion in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Population-Based Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Use of drains in patients undergoing shoulder arthroplasty is associated with an almost 50% increased odds for blood transfusions. Given that our findings parallel close to what is known in patients undergoing lower extremity joint arthroplasty, we believe that our results from a large national database are sufficient to discourage the routine use of drains in patients undergoing shoulder arthroplasty. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, therapeutic study. PMID: 30985612 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - April 8, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Chan JJ, Cirino CM, Huang HH, Poeran J, Mazumdar M, Parsons BO, Anthony SG, Galatz LM, Cagle PJ Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research