Journal of clinical anesthesia
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Meta Analysis Comparative Study
Does neuraxial anesthesia reduce intraoperative blood loss? A meta-analysis.
To perform a meta-analysis of available randomized controlled trials to determine if neuraxial anesthesia would decrease blood loss, compared with general anesthesia. ⋯ Use of spinal anesthesia or EA is associated with a significant decrease in EBL when compared with that for GA or combined GA-EA.