Impact of Preoperative Platelet Count on Bleeding Risk and Allogeneic Transfusion in Multilevel Spine Surgery

Conclusion. Preoperative thrombocytopenia significantly contributes to intraoperative transfusion in multilevel thoracic lumbar spine surgery. Identifying factors that may increase the risk for transfusion could be of great benefit in better preoperative counseling of patients and in reducing overall cost and postoperative complications by implementing strategies and techniques to reduce blood loss and blood transfusions. Level of Evidence: 2
Source: Spine - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: SURGERY Source Type: research