Retrospective study comparing the effectiveness of preoperative autologous blood donation versus intra-operative blood saver systems in minimizing the need for allogeneic blood transfusion in scoliosis surgery. Between 2003–2009, 37 of the patients (4–33, mean age 20y) who underwent scoliosis surgery, were divided in two groups. The first group (20 patients, mean age 18.7y) underwent autologous blood predonation, prerequisities were body weight over 50 kgr and Hgb above 11 mg/dl. The second group (17 patients, mean age 21.5y) consisted of patients who did not meet the above prerequisities and blood saver was used intra-operatively. Duration of surgery and perioperative Haemoglobulin (Hgb) levels were recorded in both groups.AIM
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