title: Blood requirement and utilization in spinal surgery (blood in spinal surgery).
abstract: The blood requisition practice for the most commonly performed spinal prolapsed disc surgery was assessed in a prospective manner for 18 months, in total 108 patients. It was observed that nearly 78% operations did not require any transfusion. Transfusion index (TI) was .4, showing a tendency of over ordering of blood for these procedures. The cross match: transfusion (C/T) ratio was very high 4.3. It is obvious that these procedures hardly require blood transfusion. Thus by introducing an ABO-Rh typing screening and immediate spin cross match scheme, can drastically reduce the patients agony, laboratory work load and patients treatment cost.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Chhabra
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*