Calculated Versus Estimated Blood Loss in Plastic Breast Surgery
The surgeons underestimate blood loss, but the senior surgeon tended to do so to a lesser extent. Complex and longer procedures tended to have a greater discrepancy between EBL and CBL. CBL should be considered as a reliable alternative to EBL.
Authors
- Manish Karamchandani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-9936)
- Gabriel De la Cruz Ku (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4203-3890)
- Christopher Homsy
- Sarah Persing
- Abhishek Chatterjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9570-2747)
- Carly Wareham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9518-5076)
Institutions
- Tufts Medical Center (US)
- Universidad Científica del Sur (PE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open
- Published
- 2025-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/gox.0000000000006988
- Primary Topic
- Breast Implant and Reconstruction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00