Study patients and study flow
blood loss
BLOOD LOSS
Patients were recruited during the period from January 2018 to June 2020, and based on the exclusion criteria, a total of 33/100 patients were excluded from the study. The non-POC group and POC group ultimately consisted of 36 and 31 patients, respectively. At this point, interim statistical analysis was performed, and the study was preliminarily terminated by the institutional review board because the results were significantly in favor of the POC approach, as significant decrease in perioperative blood loss and related decrease in blood products consumption was observed among the POC study group [Patients in the non-POC group were significantly older than patients in POC group (56.22 ± 9.05 vs 45.69 ± 16.54 years, Recipient and donor characteristics
