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Blood loss and transfusion rate in short stem hip arthroplasty. A comparative study

Authors: Josef Hochreiter, Wilfried Hejkrlik, Katja Emmanuel, Wolfgang Hitzl, Reinhold Ortmaier

Published in: International Orthopaedics | Issue 7/2017

Abstract

Purpose

Little scientific evidence on blood loss and transfusion rates after short-stem hip arthroplasty exists. The hypothesis of this study was that the blood loss and transfusion rate is lower in short stems compared to straight stems.

Methods

We compared 124 patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty (THA) using a short-stem design (group 1) and 141 patients using a straight-stem design (group 2). All patients were operated on by the same surgeon, and both groups were similar in age, gender, affected side, body mass index, and ASA score.

Results

The calculated blood loss was 1139 ml in group 1 and 1358 ml in group 2 (p < 0.001). The transfusion rate was 8% in group 1 and 15.6% in group 2 (p < 0.001). There was no significant difference between groups 1 and 2 regarding complications and operation time (p > 0.05).

Conclusion

Compared to patients after straight stem THA, both blood loss and blood transfusion rates were lower in patients after short stem THA.

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Title: Blood loss and transfusion rate in short stem hip arthroplasty. A comparative study
Authors: Josef Hochreiter
Wilfried Hejkrlik
Katja Emmanuel
Wolfgang Hitzl
Reinhold Ortmaier
Publication date: 01-07-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: International Orthopaedics / Issue 7/2017
Print ISSN: 0341-2695
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-016-3365-2

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Blood loss and transfusion rate in short stem hip arthroplasty. A comparative study

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