Abstract
Postoperative drain loss can exceed intraoperative blood loss and affect the severity of the patient's condition.Aim: The objective of the study was to find significant predictors of postoperative blood loss in surgery for idiopathic scoliosis. We analyzed the data of 140 patients with idiopathic scoliosis. One hundred three patients (group 1) un-derwent Smith-Petersen osteotomy as part of the multilevel pedicle screw fixation; 37 patients (group 2) required no spinal osteotomy. Correlation and regression analysis of the data was performed. There were significant differences between the groups in the number of fixed segments (p.
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