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Lateral position reduces blood loss in hip replacement surgery: a prospective randomized study of 74 patients

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We performed a prospective randomized study of 74 patients undergoing hip replacement surgery and compared the perioperative blood loss in the lateral position with that in the supine position. The surgeons and surgical technique were the same in the two groups. The patients operated on in the lateral position had a significantly lower total blood loss, on average 201 ml less.

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Nous avons exécuté une étude prospective et randomisée de 74 patients opérés pour remplacement prothétique de la hanche et avons comparé la perte sanguine perioperatoire selon la position en decubitus latéral ou en decubitus dorsal . Les chirurgiens et la technique chirurgicale étaient les mêmes dans les deux groupes. Les patients opérés en position latérale avaient une perte totale de sang inférieure de façon significative, en moyenne 201 ml.

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Widman, J., Isacson, J. Lateral position reduces blood loss in hip replacement surgery: a prospective randomized study of 74 patients. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 25, 226–227 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002640100254

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