The efficacy and cost-effectiveness of cell saver use in instrumented posterior correction and fusion surgery for scoliosis in school-aged children and adolescents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Miao, Yu Liang ^a,b   Ma, Hua Song ^b   Guo, Wen Zhi ^a   Wu, Ji Gong ^b   Liu, Yan ^b   Shi, Wen Zhu ^a   Wang, Xiao Ping ^b   Mi, Wei Dong ^a   Fang, Wei Wu ^b  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b 306 HOSPITAL OF PLA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CELL SAVER; CELL SEPARATION; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PEDICLE SCREW; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPENSITY SCORE; SCHOOL; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; SCHOOLS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898925744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092997     Document Type: Article

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