Abstract
Background: Orthognathic surgery involves fracture of structures that are highly vascularized. One of the complications of orthognathic surgery is intraoperative blood loss. In the past, as a routine standard of practice for elective surgery, preoperative autologous blood donation was done for all the patients. Given that most of the patients undergoing orthognathic surgery are young and healthy there is debate in literature about PABD for orthognathic surgery.
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