Perioperative Management to Minimize Blood Transfusion in Craniosynostosis Surgery
Minimizing blood loss, optimizing preoperative hemoglobin levels, and using autologous blood recovery can significantly reduce transfusion rates. Implementing multiple strategies lowered the overall transfusion rate to 34.8%, potentially reducing complications and improving patient outcomes in pediatric craniosynostosis surgery.
Authors
- Kazushige Maeno
- Atsuko Harada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6745-4013)
- Yumi Doi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9069-3186)
- Haruhiko Kishima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9041-2337)
- Yuki Kimoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2328-1108)
- Yoshinori Kadono
- Koichi Ueda
- Shigeo Kyutoku
Institutions
- Nara City Hospital (JP)
- Takatsuki General Hospital (JP)
- Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences (JP)
- The University of Osaka (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2025-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2025.124713
- Primary Topic
- Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00