Haemostasis in Spine Surgery

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Szpalski, Marek (Editor), Weiskopf, Richard B. (Editor), Gunzburg, Robert (Editor), Aebi, Max (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.

Blood loss in spine surgery is a significant and very common problem connected with all kinds of surgical procedures. An international faculty of authors provide a comprehensive survey on the research and evidence about blood sparing in spine surgery. This publication fills a gap in the spinal liter...

Table of Contents:

• Research and evidence about blood sparing in spine surgery
• Review
• Blood loss in adult spinal surgery
• Blood Loss in pediatric spine surgery
• An overview of blood-sparing techniques used in spine surgery during the perioperative period
• What is the evidence for using hemostatic agents in surgery?
• Pre-operative Measures to Reduce Blood Loss
• Predeposit autologous donation in spinal surgery: a multicentre study
• Preoperative erythropoietin in spine surgery
• Peri-operative Measures to Reduce Blood Loss
• Positioning on surgical table
• Aprotinin and major orthopedic surgery
• Tranexamic acid for major spinal surgery
• Controlled hypotension for spinal surgery
• Acute normovolemic hemodilution
• Hemoglobin substitutes
• The use of recombinant activated coagulation factor VII for spine surgery
• The use of local agents: bone wax, gelatin, collagen, oxidized cellulose
• The use of fibrin sealants in spinal surgery
• Technical Note
• The use of local agents: surgicel and surgifoam
• A new simplified technique for producing platelet-rich plasma: a short technical note
• Post-operative Measures to Reduce Blood Loss
• Transfusion of post-operative shed blood: laboratory characteristics and clinical utility.