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  • Title: [Perioperative blood transfusions in laryngeal surgery].
    Author: Pinto García V, Gómez Martínez J, Suárez Nieto C.
    Journal: Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp; 1999 May; 50(4):265-7. PubMed ID: 10431074.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To analyze perioperative transfusion risk in patients undergoing larynx surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS: An analysis was made of the records of patients who underwent surgical procedures on the larynx in 1996. RESULTS: Of 174 operated patients, 22 received (12.6%) blood transfusions. The patients most frequently transfused were over 60 years-old (18.2%), had laryngeal cancer (22%), underwent laryngectomy (28.3%), and were submitted to three or more surgical techniques during the intervention (50%). Regression analysis showed that the main surgical procedure and number of surgical techniques performed were factors independently related with the likelihood of requiring a blood transfusion. CONCLUSIONS: Of the variables studied, only the surgical procedure and number of surgical techniques performed were independently related with the likelihood of requiring a blood transfusion.
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