Table 5.

Blood loss and haematological parameters.

Patient	Pre-operative factor level	Intra-operative EBLa (ml)	Pre-op Hb (g/dl)	Post-op Hb 24 h (g/dl)	Post-op Hb 48 h (g/dl)	Change Hb 48 h (g/dl)	Transfusion
1	1.2	750	10.8	8.4	8	−2.8	N
2	1.15	550	13.2	11	10.7	−2.5	N
3	0.99	600	14.6	10.1	9.5	−5.1	N
4	1.06	200	13.3	11.9	11.4	−1.9	N
5	0.96	200	12.1	11	–	–	N
6L	1.45	“Minimal”	15.9	13.3	11.7	−4.2	N
6R	1.52	Not record	15.5	13	12.6	−2.9	N
8	1.2	200	14.2	13	11.5	−2.7	N
9	1.43	600	15	13.1	11.1	−3.9	N
10	0.82	570	13.5	7.8	9.1	−4.4	Y 2 units
11	1.47	1250	13.4	12.3	10.3	−3.1	N
12	1.2	100	14.3	11.9	12	−2.3	N
Mean	1.2	502*	13.7	11.4	10.7	−3.25

^aEBL, estimated blood loss.

^*p value = 0.377 compared to normal blood loss 400 ml.