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October 1, 2024Supportive Care in CancerOpen Access

Postoperative bleeding after dentoalveolar surgery in patients with thrombocytopenia—are prophylactic platelet transfusions necessary?

Johan N. Lundström Samuel Wiqvist Martin Jädersten Victor Tollemar Karin Garming Legert

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Abstract

Benefits of prophylactic platelet (PLT) transfusion before dentoalveolar surgery are unclear. This study investigated the effect of prophylactic PLT transfusions on the incidence of postoperative bleeding (POB) in patients with thrombocytopenia and a PLT count ≤ 75*10

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Lundström et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e56386e2b3180350f00073 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-024-08917-1

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