Global spine journal
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Global spine journal · Apr 2018
Blood Transfusion and Postoperative Infection in Spine Surgery: A Systematic Review.
Systematic review. ⋯ This systematic review failed to find a consistent association between allogeneic transfusion and postoperative infection in spine surgery patients. However, these studies were all retrospective with a high or moderately high risk of bias. To properly examine this association an observational prospective study of sufficient power, estimated as 2400 patients, is required.