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Table 6 Relationships between transfusion and types of bone graft

From: Intraoperative blood loss, postoperative drainage, and recovery in patients undergoing lumbar spinal surgery

Types of bone grafta and operation modes

Types of blood transfusion

Total

No transfusion

Autoblood

Allogeneic blood

Both

Type 1

One-level

14

11

3

1

29

Two-level

6

23

5

5

39

Total

20

34

8

6

68

Type 2

One-level

6

29

3

4

42

Two-level

3

35

7

8

53

Total

9

64

10

12

95

Type 3

One-level

0

3

1

0

4

Two-level

1

1

0

0

2

Total

1

4

1

0

6

Type 4

One-level

4

3

0

1

8

Two-level

0

4

1

1

6

Total

4

7

1

2

14

  1. aType 1: Autogenous bone implantation; Type 2: Autogenous bone implantation and Cage implantation; Type 3: Autogenous bone implantation and artificial bone intertransverse posterolateral implantation; and Type 4: Autogenous bone implantation and artificial bone implantation