Table 1.
Blood crossmatch and transfusion patterns for different elective orthopedic surgeries
| Type of surgery | Crossmatched |
Transfused |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients (n) | Units (n) | Patients (n) | Units (n) | |
| Internal fixation with compression plating | 165 | 444 | 72 | 147 |
| Interlocking nail | 181 | 505 | 109 | 246 |
| Dynamic compression screw | 21 | 66 | 11 | 23 |
| Dynamic hip screw | 26 | 65 | 11 | 16 |
| External fixation | 17 | 52 | 11 | 29 |
| Hip prosthetic replacement | 21 | 75 | 9 | 18 |
| Decompression with fixation for # spine | 27 | 83 | 18 | 35 |
| K-wire fixation | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Tension-band wiring | 4 | 14 | 2 | 6 |
| Enders nail for femoral # | 13 | 37 | 9 | 19 |
| Amputations | 5 | 27 | 4 | 20 |
| Lumbar discectomy | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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FRACTURE