Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
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Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Minimizing blood transfusions in the surgical correction of coronal and metopic craniosynostosis.
The current study was performed to determine the rate of allogeneic blood transfusion for coronal and metopic craniosynostosis surgery done by two experienced pediatric neurosurgeons and to identify factors associated with a need for transfusion. ⋯ Low transfusion rates were achieved in primary operations for coronal and metopic craniosynostosis using simple intraoperative techniques and by accepting a low postoperative hemoglobin level.