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Blood Transfusions and Post-op Infection Risk: A troubling Correlation

September 11, 2026 1 min read Premium comments

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Blood Transfusions and Post-op Infection Risk: A troubling Correlation
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Metastatic spine cases can be long, bloody, technically demanding — and the question inevitably becomes, “should you transfuse?”

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