The problem of minimal basic standard complex of preoperative laboratory blood testing in patients subjected to planned primary and revision endoprosthetics of the hip

The changes in 57 different indices of blood testing were retrospectively analyzed in 1405 patients who underwent primary total and revision endoprosthetics of the hip at the Russian Vreden Scientific Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics within the period of 1992-2002. Taking this as a basis, the minimal basic complex of preoperative laboratory testing including 41 tests has been worked-out, and it can be recommended for practical use. Moreover, the data obtained have given the possibility to reveal the limits of index deviations beyond normal limits, within which the values can't be considered as the risk criteria of postoperative complications, though they don't rule out their development.