title: [Perioperative blood transfusions in laryngeal surgery].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Hematología, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España. pinto@arrakis.es
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pinto García
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gómez Martínez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Suárez Nieto
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Transfusión perioperatoria en la cirugía de laringe.