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delayed THA surgery due to fixation failure or secondary osteoarthritis ( 16 ), bearing equivalent non-fatal complication rate as ORIF ( 5 ), and rendering a painless and stable hip for the elderly ( 17 ). However, more blood loss, longer anesthetic time
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information extracted included the number of patients, mean age, mean follow-up, type of treatment, classification of fracture, mean operating time, mean blood loss, secondary procedure, complications, functional and radiographic results. The extracted data
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pre-operative anaemia and peri-operative blood loss. In addition, post-operative anaemia was found to be quite common amongst those patients (51.0% and 87.1%, respectively). 6 – 7 Various studies have shown that peri-operative anaemia was
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use of walking aides must be taken to determine optimal operative intervention 25 and to predict patient outcomes. 26 Intravenous fluids are essential as up to 500 ml blood loss and subsequent hypovolemia, resultant fluid shifts 27 and
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treatment, one of which was a surgical treatment using a lateral locking plate. Surgical treatment with lateral locking plates only was considered as a control group; (iii) at least two indicators should be included: operation time, intraoperative blood loss
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Application of drainages is controversially discussed. Li et al. conducted a prospective, randomized controlled trial on the effect of drainage application on postoperative pain, blood loss and occurrence of complications following HTO ( 20 ). The osteotomy
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hospitalization cost, including the cost of the osteosynthesis material, with an average gain of €1159.11 per patient. 21 , 28 Another possible advantage of percutaneous fixation is decreased bleeding and operative time. Many authors showed lower blood loss