title: Total joint replacement and blood loss: what is the best equation?
abstract: With the population aging, total joint replacements which are an effective method to restore patient's mobility are an increasing necessity. However, such operations are known to entail serious blood loss, which may have dramatic consequences in patients with chronic diseases or when the prosthesis is revised, a situation where the blood loss is even higher. Therefore, formulas to better estimate the blood loss are available. These formulas may also be used for clinical studies to compare blood loss between different joint replacement techniques. The aim of this review is to provide a clear understanding of the formulas and to help physicians to further improve their blood loss estimation. Moreover, surgeons will then be able to choose the most accurate and user-friendly formula for more comparable data between clinical studies.
authors: Department of Orthopaedic and Reconstructive Surgery, Clinical Orthopaedic Research Centre, Service A, Cochin Teaching Hospital, Paris School of Medicine, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France. emmanuel.gibon@gmail.com
authors: Emmanuel
authors: E
authors: Gibon
authors: Jean-Pierre
authors: JP
authors: Courpied
authors: Moussa
authors: M
authors: Hamadouche
mesh_terms: D057929:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Elbow; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D008954:Models, Biological
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