Task: Answer Verification
Input (English): Question: Does pre-Operative Autologous Blood Donation Affect Pre-Incision Hematocrit in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients . A Retrospective Cohort of a Prospective Randomized Trial?
Answer: This study supports the use of pre-donation for AIS, without a significant drop in pre-incision Hct. Patients that donate are also much less likely to be exposed to allogenic blood. There may be a surgeon bias to recommend pre-donation in patients with a larger BMI and older age. Future studies are needed from a larger population of patients including those with non-AIS pathology.
Output (English): no