Patients taking antithrombotic agents are very common in neurosurgical practice. The
perioperative management of these patients can be extremely challenging especially as …

Objective Lumbar fusion is a widely used procedure for degenerative spine diseases but
frequently is accompanied with substantial surgical blood loss. We aimed to investigate the …

Study Design. A retrospective database study. Objective. The aim of this study was to
develop and validate a sliding scale for predicting perioperative complications associated …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objective. To characterize the timing of
complications after spinal fusion procedures. Summary of Background Data. Despite many …

Study Design. Cross-sectional study. Objective. To objectively evaluate the ability of
International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes, which are used as …

Background Total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) may be associated with substantial blood
loss, and some patients require perioperative blood transfusion. Possible blood transfusion …

Background Allogeneic transfusions are commonly used for substantial blood loss in total
knee arthroplasty (TKA), but have been associated with adverse effects and increased costs …

BACKGROUND Recent studies have failed to show reductions in rates of red blood cell
(RBC) transfusion after total joint arthroplasty (TJA) in the United States. This study aims to …

BACKGROUND The surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis can be associated
with substantial blood loss, requiring allogeneic red blood cell (RBC) transfusion. This study …

Objective: We aimed to analyze the related risk factors for blood transfusion and establish a
blood transfusion risk model during the per-ioperative period of posterior lumbar interbody …