1. Preoperative haematinics and transfusion protocol reduce the need for transfusion after total knee replacement 
Jorge Cuenca, José A. García-Erce, Fernando Martínez, Rafael Cardona, Luís Pérez-Serrano, Manuel Muñoz 
International Journal of Surgery 
Volume 5, Issue 2, Pages (April 2007)
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2. Figure 1
Allogeneic transfusion in patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty, according to the preoperative haemoglobin level. (A) Percentage of transfused patients (*chi-squared=10.6, p<0.01, **chi-squared=28.9, p<0.01, group 1 vs. group 2). (B) Transfusion index (units per transfused patient) (***W=24, p<0.05, group 1 vs. group 2).
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