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Intraoperative blood loss in bimaxillary orthognathic surgery with multisegmental Le Fort I osteotomies and additional procedures.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19656593     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Autologous blood donation is not currently recommended by most authors for routine bimaxillary osteotomies. There are few data about bimaxillary procedures with multisegmental maxillary osteotomies. Our aim was to investigate the effect of additional osteotomies and iliac crest grafts on operative blood loss. A total of 225 consecutive patients having bimaxillary multisegmental osteotomies during a three-year period (January 2006-January 2009) were examined to see if their haemoglobin concentration and packed cell volume were reduced. The influence of iliac crest grafts, additional osteotomies (genioplasty, malar osteotomy, iliac crest graft, anterior mandibular segmental osteotomy), operating time, age, and sex were assessed. Neither age nor sex influenced blood loss, whereas operating time correlated significantly with reductions in haemoglobin concentration and packed cell volume. Blood loss was significantly higher in the group who had additional procedures (p 0.001 for haemoglobin concentration and packed cell volume) than in the group who had no additional procedures, whereas there were no significant differences among the three subgroups who had additional procedures (additional osteotomies, iliac crest grafts, or both procedures). Four patients who had additional procedures required transfusion, whereas no blood was given in the group who had no additional procedures. Because the transfusion rate was so low, we could make no general recommendation for preoperative blood donation in such cases.
Authors:
W B Kretschmer; G Baciut; Mihaela Bacuit; W Zoder; K Wangerin
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2009-08-04
Journal Detail:
Title:  The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery     Volume:  48     ISSN:  1532-1940     ISO Abbreviation:  Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-17     Completed Date:  2010-08-18     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8405235     Medline TA:  Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg     Country:  Scotland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  276-80     Citation Subset:  D; IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2009 The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Marienhospital, Stuttgart, Germany. mkg@vinzenz.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Blood Loss, Surgical*
Blood Transfusion
Bone Transplantation
Chin / surgery
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hematocrit
Hemoglobins / analysis
Humans
Male
Mandible / surgery
Middle Aged
Orthognathic Surgical Procedures / methods*
Osteotomy / methods*
Osteotomy, Le Fort / methods*
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Time Factors
Tissue and Organ Harvesting
Young Adult
Zygoma / surgery
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Hemoglobins

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