The factors of blood transfusion after liver lobectomy in dogs and cats

Liver lobectomy is performed in dogs and cats for the treatment of liver neoplasia, injuries or twist-ing. The dogs and cats undergoing liver lobectomy have a high need for blood transfusion, and higher need for transfusion should be expected in dogs with preoperative anemia and cats with postopera- tive anemia. The research objective was to deter- mine the frequency of blood transfusions, mortality and factors associated with blood transfusions in dogs and cats which had undergone liver lobecto- my. The study was performed on 63 dogs and 9 cats (owned by customers) that had undergone liver lobectomy at specialized veterinary center from August 2013 to June 2018. The data from clin- ical results of blood tests before and after surgery, surgical methods, the number and identity of delet- ed lobes, parallel surgical procedures, hemiabdomens found during operations, blood transfusion rate and survival before discharge from the veterinary clinic (for calculating mortality) were studied...