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Blood Loss During Spinal Surgery

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Blood loss during surgery of the spine varies enormously. Although the experience of surgeons is often considered as a major determining factor, there are other risk factors that may predict excessive blood loss during surgery (Table 30.1). Intuitively, substantial blood loss is expected in a prolonged multilevel procedure that requires extensive decortication of the vertebrae and stripping of paravertebral muscles for surgical exposure and instrumentation. However, bleeding could be significant even in a single-level laminectomy during revision surgery, surgery for tumor excision, traumatic injury or infective diseases.

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  1. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR

    Matthew T. V. Chan MBBS, FANZCA, FHKCA, FHKAM & Patricia K. Y. Kan MBBS, FANZCA, FHKCA, FHKAM

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Correspondence to Matthew T. V. Chan MBBS, FANZCA, FHKCA, FHKAM .

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, and Perioperative Medicine, Professor, University School of Medicine, Portland, 97214, Oregon, USA

    Ansgar M. Brambrink

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    Jeffrey R. Kirsch

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Chan, M.T.V., Kan, P.K.Y. (2012). Blood Loss During Spinal Surgery. In: Brambrink, A., Kirsch, J. (eds) Essentials of Neurosurgical Anesthesia & Critical Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09562-2_30

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