Research Article

Efficacy of Red Cell Salvage Systems in Open Acetabular Surgery

Table 1

Patient data including age, gender, BMI, ASA, pre- and postophemoglobin in mg/dl, average EBL, number of autologous transfusions, average units of autologous blood transfused, average number of units pre- and postallogenic transfusions, fracture patterns, and surgical approach. IL = Ilioinguinal, KL = Kocher-Langenbeck, ASA = American Society of Anesthesiology Score, BMI = body mass index, EBL = estimated blood loss, EF–elementary fracture pattern, AF = associated fracture pattern.

Average age45
Females16
Males47
Average BMI28.7
Average ASA2.44
ASA 13%
ASA 241%
ASA 352%
ASA 43%
Average preoperative hemoglobin11.1 mg/dl
Postoperative hemoglobin10.4 mg/dl
Average EBL256 ml
#Of patients receiving autologous blood transfusion8 (13%)
Average preoperative allogenic blood transfusion (units)0.48
Average intraoperative allogenic blood transfusion (units)0.37
Average postoperative allogenic blood transfusion (units)0.44
Elementary fractures-EF29 (46%)
Associated fractures-AF34 (54%)
IL approach4 (6%)
KL approach59 (94%)