Application of postoperative autotransfusion in total joint arthroplasty reduces allogeneic blood requirements: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Ji, Weiping; Lin, Xianfeng; Zhang, Ruoxia; Tang, Pan; Mo, Jian; Teng, Xinyi; Fan, Qiuping; Wang, Bo; Fan, Shunwu; Zhang, Jianfeng; Chen, Shuai; Huang, Kangmao

doi:10.1186/s12891-017-1710-2

Table 1 Characteristics of the studies included in the meta-analysis

From: Application of postoperative autotransfusion in total joint arthroplasty reduces allogeneic blood requirements: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

								Study group		Control group
Study	Year	Country	Type of surgery	Sample size	Age	Men%	transfusion threshold (Hb)	Patients number (n)	Autotransfusion system	Patients number (n)	Treatment
Heddle [12]	1992	Canada	TKA	79	70.16	35.4	<9 g/dl	39	Solcotrans	40	Regular drain
Adalberth [13]	1998	Sweden	TKA	73	72	45.6	<9 g/dl	24	Solcotrans	25 24	Regular drain No drain
Thomas [14]	2001	UK	TKA	231	69.63	42.9	<9 g/dl	115	Cell Saver 5 Haemonetics	116	Regular drain
Cheng [15]	2005	Hong Kong	TKA	60	70.53	30	<9 g/dl	26	DONOR	34	Regular drain
Dramis [29]	2006	UK	TKA	49	70.04	30.61	<9 g/dl	32	CellTrans	17	Regular drain
Abuzakuk [30]	2007	UK	TKA	104	68.5	41.34	<9 g/dl	52	Bellovac	52	Regular drain
Moonen [17]	2007	UK	TKA THA	77 83	69.25	14.38	ASA classification	45 35	Bellovac, AstraTech AB Bellovac, AstraTech AB	32 48	Regular drain Regular drain
Smith [16]	2007	UK	THA	158	74.54	48.1	<8 g/dl	76	ABTrans	82	Regular drain
Amin [31]	2008	UK	TKA	178	70.35	46.07	<8 g/dl	92	Bellovac	86	Regular drain
Atay [2]	2010	Turkey	THA TKA	36 41	59.33 66.76	33.33 21.95	<8 g/dl	17 20	Transolog Transolog	19 21	Regular drain Regular drain
Cheung [18]	2010	UK	THA	153	68.12	45.1	Made by the ward doctors	53	Bellovac	52 48	Regular drain No drain
Horstmann [32]	2012	Netherland	THA	100	68.8	27	ASA classification	50	Bellovac	50	No drain
Kleinert [33]	2012	Switzerland	THA	120	65.33	49.17	<8 g/dl	40	Bellovac	40 40	Regular drain No drain
Sarkanovic [7]	2013	Serbia	TKA	112	66.5	23.21	<8.5 g/dl	55	Cell Saver	57	Regular drain
Horstmann [24]	2014	Netherland	TKA	115	68.48	29.57	ASA classification	59	Bellovac	56	No drain
Thomassen [23]	2014	Netherland	TKA THA	165 219	68.9	25.58	<8 g/dl	78 116	Bellovac Bellovac	87 103	No drain No drain
Teetzmann [22]	2014	Norway	THA	161	73	37.94	clinical judgement	74	Sangvia	87	No drain

TKA total knee arthroplasty, THA total hip arthroplasty

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