Table 5.

Postoperative transfusions and reinfusions, surgical drains

	Group A	Group B	P
Homologous blood (no patients)	55	28
Autologous blood (no patients)	30	16
Blood transfusions (homologous + autologous)	40%	19.5%	<0.0005
Reinfusion drain (median, interquartile range in mL)	275, 250 (0–1,150)	271, 250 (0–1,000)	0.014
Total drain (median, interquartile range in mL)	380, 385 (0–1,400)	189, 300 (0–1,250)	<0.0005

Statistical analysis: transfusions: Fisher’s exact test (two-sided)

Reinfusion drain, total drain: Mann–Whitney U test