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Table 18.

Relationship between intraoperative blood loss and deep wound infection, epidural hematoma, pulmonary embolism and/or thromboembolism and death

Intraoperative blood loss	No. of cases incidence (%)
Intraoperative blood loss	Deep wound infection	Epidural hematoma	Pulmonary embolism and/or thromboembolism	Death
<200 ml	162 (0.7)	154 (0.7)	19 (0.1)	21 (0.1)
200–500	101 (1.9)	68 (1.2)	22 (0.4)	18 (0.3)
500–1000	31 (1.9)	23 (1.1)	8 (0.4)	9 (0.4)
1000–2000	21 (1.5)	18 (2.2)	7 (0.8)	4 (0.5)
>2000	12 (3.1)	12 (3.1)	2 (0.5)	2 (0.5)