[Perioperative blood transfusions in laryngeal surgery].
OBJECTIVE
To analyze perioperative transfusion risk in patients undergoing larynx surgery.


METHODS
An analysis was made of the records of patients who underwent surgical procedures on the larynx in 1996.


RESULTS
Of 174 operated patients, 22 received (12.6%) blood transfusions. The patients most frequently transfused were over 60 years-old (18.2%), had laryngeal cancer (22%), underwent laryngectomy (28.3%), and were submitted to three or more surgical techniques during the intervention (50%). Regression analysis showed that the main surgical procedure and number of surgical techniques performed were factors independently related with the likelihood of requiring a blood transfusion.


CONCLUSIONS
Of the variables studied, only the surgical procedure and number of surgical techniques performed were independently related with the likelihood of requiring a blood transfusion.
Pinto García
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Servicio de Hematología, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España. pinto@arrakis.es
Gómez Martínez
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Suárez Nieto
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D000328:Adult; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000379:methods*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
Transfusión perioperatoria en la cirugía de laringe.