Allogenic Red Blood Cell Transfusion Increases Risk of Overall Infection After Surgery for Spinal Metastasis: A Retrospective Multi-Institutional Cohort Study of 796 Patients.
STUDY DESIGN Multi-institutional retrospective cohort study in the United States and United Kingdom. OBJECTIVE To (1) report the incidence of overall infection after surgery, (2) assess if allogenic red blood cell (RBC) transfusion and other clinical factors increase infection risk, and (3) explore if a safe transfus...