Factors determining blood transfusion in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: Cross-match or group and save?

Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Victoria Infirmary, Langside Road, Glasgow, G42 9TY, United Kingdom

published online 09 December 2008.

Editor’s commentsThis is a small-scale study does not claim to show any substantive significance in its findings but is asking an important and common question. It is a good example of a local study that raises awareness of the need to examine and change current practice and then undertake further research with greater numbers of participants and control of variables.

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