Perioperative Blood Management in Posterior Instrumented Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Original Study and Short Review of the Literature.

Background: The potential hazards of allogeneic blood transfusion are well established in literature. Few things are known, however, about the results of combining different blood saving techniques and their results in avoiding allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT) in scoliosis surgery.

Aim: To report specific results about utilization of preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD) and intraoperative blood-saver (BLDS) in conjunction, aiming to minimize the need for ABT.