Preoperative transfusion in patients with sickle cell disease to prevent perioperative complications: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Figures & data

Table 1. Characteristics of studies included in the quantitative data synthesis

Table 2. Characteristics of studies not eligible for meta-analysis

Table 3. Summary of quality assessment for studies included in meta-analysis

Figure 1. The incidence of SC-related complications were found to be statistically insignificant between the aggressive with the conservative transfusion strategy.

Figure 2. The incidence of major surgical complication was not statistically significant between the aggressive and simple transfusion groups.

Figure 3. There was no difference between preoperative transfusion and no transfusion for the pooled estimate of ACS, painful crises and SC-related neurological complications.

Figure 4. The rate of major surgical complications was the same between the preoperative transfusion group and no preoperative transfusion group.

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