The purpose of this randomized, single-blinded, controlled study was to compare bone formation after subantral maxillary sinus augmentation with freeze-dried bone allograft (FDBA) plus PRP versus FDBA plus resorbable membrane.
The Society of Thoracic Surgeon blood conservation guidelines recommend minimizing cardiopulmonary bypass circuit prime volume (PV) as an integral, evidence-based (Class I, Level A) blood conservation strategy. We used a large, multiinstitutional registry to evaluate the effectiveness of restricting cardiopulmonary bypass PV on intraoperative red blood cell (RBC) transfusion.
