Clinical Utility of Postoperative Hemoglobin Testing
United States664 participantsStarted 2019-11-22
Plain-language summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how many patients have hemoglobin less than 10 g/dL at post-operative day 1
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexFEMALE
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Total vaginal hysterectomy with or without bilateral salpingectomy/oophorectomy (CPT 58260, 58262, 58263, 58270, 58290, 58291, 58292, 58294)
* At least one of the following vaginal native tissue prolapse repairs
* Apical repair with uterosacral ligament suspension (CPT 57283)
* Apical repair with sacrospinous ligament fixation (CPT 57282)
* Anterior repair (CPT 57240, 57260, 57284, 57285, 57250)
* Posterior repair (CPT 45560, 56800, 56810, 57200, 57210, 57250)
* Surgery by one of four fellowship trained urogynecologists at TriHealth
Exclusion Criteria:
* Concomitant surgical procedure by a second surgeon
* Malignancy identified at the time of surgery or active malignancy
* Cases converted to open hysterectomy or prolapse repairs
* Prolapse repair completed robotically
* Prolapse repair completed with mesh
* Known coagulopathy
* Patient on long term preoperative anticoagulant medication (Arixtra, Coumadin, Eliquis, Heparin, Lovenox, Pradaxa, Savaysa, Xarelto)
What they're measuring
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Number of Subjects With POD1 Hemoglobin Less Than 10 g/dL