Objective: The study aimed to assess the accuracy of two distinct methods for estimating blood loss (EBL) and to identify potential factors contributing to early-onset postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) following a vaginal delivery (VD). Methods: Women in s...
Background: There are currently no effective and accurate blood loss volume (BLV) estimation methods that can be implemented in operating rooms. To improve the accuracy and reliability of BLV estimation and facilitate clinical implementation, we prop...
Objective: This study aimed to analyze and compare three different methods of estimated blood loss (EBL) assessment in conjunction with the exploration of risk factors associated with early postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) among women undergoing a cesarea...
The incidence of major hemorrhage and transfusion during liver transplantation has decreased significantly over the past decade, but major bleeding remains a common expectation. Massive intraoperative hemorrhage during liver transplantation can lead...
Radical or partial nephrectomy, commonly used for the treatment of kidney tumors, is a surgical procedure with a risk of high blood loss. The primary aim of this study is to quantify blood loss and elucidate the redistribution of blood flux and press...
Background/Objectives: Accurate visual estimation of blood loss during childbirth is critical for early recognition of obstetric hemorrhage, a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Despite its widespread use, visual estimation is prone t...
There is no well-defined threshold for intra-operative blood transfusion (BT) in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) surgery. To address this, we devised a Machine Learning (ML)-driven prediction algorithm aimed at prompting and elucidating a co...
Changes between pre- and postpartum hemoglobin might be useful for optimizing the postpartum diagnosis of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), defined as a blood loss exceeding 500 mL. This study’s principal objective was to estimate the mean change in...
To assess the perioperative and short-term functional outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) with intraoperative navigation using an ultra-high-resolution computed tomography (UHR-CT) scanner, we retrospectively analyzed 323 patients w...
Background and Objectives: Performance of robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty (TKA) procedures has continued to increase in popularity. However, tourniquet use is necessary for longer periods of time in robot-assisted TKA than conventional manual...
Background and Objectives: Intraarticular injection of tranexamic acid (IA-TXA) plus drain-clamping is a preferred method of reducing bleeding after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, no consensus has been reached regarding the timing of the cla...
Background: Surgical treatment for rectal cancer may cause complications that exacerbate the condition, lengthen hospital stays, and raise healthcare costs. Rectal cancer surgery complications can be detected immediately with postoperative C-reactive...
Background: Hemostasis during surgery is a primary contributor to the patient’s blood management. Accurate blood loss estimation from surgery can help teams with postoperative management. The goal of this study was to analyze the accuracy of medical...
Purpose: Multiple osteotomies are frequently associated with single-event multi-level surgery (SEMLS) in children with cerebral palsy (CP). However, appropriate management of perioperative blood loss is crucial for decreasing the length of hospital s...
Inadequate intraoperative analgesia causes the deterioration of the condition of the surgical field (CSF) as a result of hemodynamic instability. Analgesia monitors are used to guide remifentanil) infusion to optimize intraoperative analgesia. The ma...
Hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable death in trauma, yet traditional vital signs can fail to detect early blood loss due to physiological compensatory mechanisms. Objective, continuous monitoring of hemorrhage progression remains an unmet...
Objective: To compare perioperative outcomes between robotic and conventional total laparoscopic hysterectomy in terms of operative time, intraoperative blood loss, and postoperative recovery in surgically complex cases. Methods: This retrospective c...
We aim to delineate whether there is increased blood loss with the use of cannulated pedicle screws compared to solid pedicle screws in patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion. A single-centre retrospective case-control study was undertaken on pa...
Background: To investigate the risk factors for and prognostic implications of massive blood loss during posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion (PSIF) in pediatric patients with scoliosis. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the electronic medi...
Background and Objectives: The efficacy of tranexamic acid (TXA) in reducing perioperative blood loss during total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is well established. However, the potential synergistic blood-conservation effect of topical fibrin sealant (Ti...
(1) Background: The amount of blood loss during oblique lumber interbody fusion (OLIF) surgery is often underestimated and may contribute to adverse postoperative outcomes. This study aims to evaluate hidden blood loss (HBL) in patients who underwent...
Hemorrhage leading to life-threatening shock is a common and critical problem in both civilian and military medicine. Due to complex physiological compensatory mechanisms, traditional vital signs may fail to detect patients’ impending hemorrhag...
Hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable death in trauma care, requiring rapid and accurate detection to guide effective interventions. Hemorrhagic shock can be masked by underlying compensatory mechanisms, which may lead to delayed decision-ma...
Background: Even minor adverse reactions after total hip replacement (THR), including lymphedema, postoperative leg swelling, and blood loss, compromise patient comfort in times of minimally invasive fast-track surgery. Compression dressings are comm...
Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) is associated with substantial intraoperative hemorrhage. Abdominal aortic balloon occlusion (AABO) has been introduced to mitigate blood loss, though its benefit remains debated. This study, registered at ClinicalTria...
Estimating blood pressure via combination analysis with electrocardiogram and photoplethysmography signals has attracted growing interest in continuous monitoring patients’ health conditions. However, most wearable/portal monitoring devices generally...
Burns are common and devastating injuries, often necessitating intensive care treatment and long-term hospitalisation, making burn patients susceptible to hospital-acquired anaemia and blood transfusion. The purpose of this study was to assess diagno...
Background and Objectives: Measured blood loss frequently underestimates true blood loss; this discrepancy is called hidden blood loss (HBL). The purpose of the present study was to measure HBL in oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF). Materials an...
In 2021, approximately 51% of patients diagnosed with kidney tumors underwent surgical resections. One possible way to reduce complications from surgery is to minimise the associated blood loss, which, in the case of partial nephrectomy, is caused by...
The aim of this study was to compare the estimated blood loss and the frequency of obstetric hemorrhage among pregnant women with and without COVID-19 infection. The study was carried out in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, at the Central...
Background and Objectives: Recent advancements in three-dimensional printing technology have enhanced the biologic fixation of cementless total knee arthroplasty (TKA), therefore increasing the utilization of newer-generation cementless implants. How...
Background: Tranexamic acid (TXA) is increasingly used to reduce perioperative blood loss during scoliosis surgery; however, its effectiveness in pediatric patients with non-idiopathic scoliosis remains underexplored. Unlike adolescent idiopathic sco...
Background: Anesthesiologist-estimated blood loss is a frequent outcome in retrospective blood-conservation studies, but whether it captures the effect of tranexamic acid (TXA) in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is unknown. Methods: This retrospective...
Background: To compare the intraoperative and postoperative outcomes of indocyanine green (ICG) administration in robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) and report the differences in the results between patients with benign and malignant renal tum...
This paper proposes to remotely estimate a human subject’s blood pressure using a millimeter-wave radar system. High blood pressure is a critical health threat that can lead to diseases including heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease, and visi...
Objectives: The impact of renal ischemia during partial nephrectomy (PN) on postoperative renal function remains controversial. On-clamp PN provides improved surgical exposure and haemostasis but induces warm ischemia, which may impair renal function...
Myomectomy is the preferred surgical treatment for symptomatic women with uterine myomas who wish to preserve their fertility. The procedure may be associated with significant intraoperative blood loss, which predisposes to increased transfusion rate...
Noninvasive blood pressure estimation is crucial for cardiovascular and hypertension patients. Cuffless-based blood pressure estimation has received much attention recently for continuous blood pressure monitoring. This paper proposes a new methodolo...
Background and Objectives: With contemporary blood management strategies substantially reducing transfusion rates after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), conventional endpoints such as transfusion incidence and estimated blood loss may have limited sens...
Background/Objectives: Accurate estimation of intraoperative blood loss in endoscopic spine surgery remains challenging because of continuous saline irrigation and blood infiltration into surrounding soft tissues and potential dead spaces. Hidden blo...
Objectives: The purpose of this article is to investigate the estimated blood loss in pregnant women undergoing cesarean section and placental extirpation to treat abnormal placentation and compare the outcomes of those who underwent prophylactic tra...
(1) Background: A cementless total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a recent and an increasingly popular innovation that enhances porous fixation surfaces. However, the lack of cemented sealing of an exposed resected bone has raised concerns about the pote...
Objective: This study aimed to introduce clinical experience using a new surgical technique, single-port access laparoscopic fundusectomy, a more efficient uterus-sparing surgical method for adenomyosis in patients with no plans for pregnancy. Method...
Background: Hepatic resection is performed for liver lesions and requires careful preoperative planning to minimize bleeding. Blood type O, associated with lower von Willebrand factor (vWF) levels, may increase bleeding risk. This study investigates...
Tranexamic acid (TXA) is an antifibrinolytic agent that has been shown to decrease blood loss and transfusion rates after knee and hip arthroplasty, however with only limited evidence to support its use in shoulder arthroplasty. Therefore, we perform...
The relationship between dietary intake, circulating hepcidin and iron status in free-living premenopausal women has not been explored. This cross-sectional study aimed to identify dietary determinants of iron stores after accounting for blood loss a...
In addition to blood pathogen transmission, insects of the order Diptera affect livestock through visual and contact harassment; blood-feeders are responsible for painful bites and blood despoliation, generating behavioral modifications, anemia, and...
Background: Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) can be the cause of major morbidity and its optimal management is still controversial. The aim of this study was to compare the traditional one-step surgery with a two-step surgical approach in which the pl...
Tourniquet use during total knee arthroplasty improves the surgical field, but is associated with several complications. The medical records of 506 patients who underwent elective total knee arthroplasty or total knee replacement from January 2017 to...
Background and objectives: Massive postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the most common cause of maternal death worldwide. A massive transfusion protocol (MTP) may be used to provide significant benefits in the management of PPH; however, only a limited nu...
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