Unnecessary blood transfusion prolongs length of hospital stay of patients who undergo free fibular flap reconstruction of mandibulofacial defects: a propensity score matched study

Blood transfusion is usually a common clinical practice in flap transfer surgery due to its invasive, hemorrhagic nature. Although intraoperative restrictive transfusion policy was suggested in vascularized fibular flap reconstruction, its clinical evidence was still insufficient. Therefore, our study aimed to investigate the influence of intraoperative blood transfusion on length of stay (LOS) following vascularized fibular flap reconstruction.
Source: Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Source Type: research