10.05.2024 | ISAPS Patient Safety Statement
Recommendations on How to Reduce Blood Loss in Plastic Surgery and Blood Transfusions
verfasst von:
Jesus Benito-Ruiz, Montserrat Fontbona
Erschienen in:
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
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Excerpt
Although bleeding complications represent a small subset of intraoperative and postoperative complications in plastic surgery, the effects of these complications are substantial. Unanticipated surgical bleeding has been associated with increased operative time, unplanned return to the operating room, and significantly increased healthcare costs [
1]. The estimated incidence of bleeding in plastic surgery is 2%. The main morbidity associated with bleeding was hypertension (that required medication), longer total operative time (median, 335 minutes versus 115 minutes), 7.3%, and previously diagnosed bleeding disorder. …