Table 3.

Predicted and actual blood loss associated with surgical procedures

Procedure	Actual blood loss (mL)	Average-maximum Predicted blood loss (mL)
Ross procedure	50	200–2000
Axillary mass excision	50	N/D
Arthroscopie knee synovectomy	50	50–250
Port-a-cath removal	100	15–50
Port-a-cath removal and excision of seroma	8	5–10
Elbow synovectomy	20	30–100
Inferior oblique myectomy	0	0.5–1.0
Arthroscopic ankle synovectomy/debridement	5	10–50
Radionuclide ankle synovectomy	0	0
Dental extraction	15	5–15
Multiple teeth extraction (a)	5	5–10
Multiple teeth extraction (b)	7	20
Eye cyst excision	1	2
Central catheter removal (a)	5	5
Central catheter removal (b)	20	15–20

N/D, Not documented.