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PLASTIC SURGERY OF THE TRUNK – REDUCING BLOOD LOSS
Author(s) -
Rigg Bruce M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1988.tb06242.x
Subject(s) - medicine , blood loss , trunk , surgery , ecology , biology
Summary A total of 178 patients has been reviewed who underwent major plastic surgery over a 6‐year period. This series compares well with other similar series. 1–3 No transfusions were required and the average blood loss was estimated at 150cm 3 . Dilute epinephrine infiltration and coagulation cautery dissection effectively controls and reduces blood loss in major plastic surgery of the trunk.