Table 1.
Surgical procedure | Age (months) Mean ± SD |
Weight (Kg) Mean ± SD |
Duration of surgery (minutes) Mean ± SD |
Estimated Blood loss (mls) Mean ± SD |
No of patients transfused |
Cleft Lip repair (n = 19) |
10.52 ± 4.15 | 7.86 ± 4.68 | 91.37 ± 18.77 | 24.68 ± 5.79 | 1 |
Cleft Palate repair (n = 26) |
36.6 ± 9.03 | 13.31 ± 11.75 | 113.84 ± 53.97 | 82.00 ± 14.80 | 2 |
p-value | 0.013 | 0.043 | 0.363 | 0.001 | 1.00 |