Is routine blood typing and screening necessary before primary total hip or knee arthroplasty in the 21st century?
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DOI: 10.1111/trf.16796
Abstract: Blood loss warranting transfusion is a relatively rare complication of major‐joint arthroplasty procedures like total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA). Despite this rarity, pre‐transfusion testing (blood typing, screening, and cross‐matching) has become… read more here.
Keywords: typing screening; knee arthroplasty; total hip; blood typing ... See more keywords