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The expected gain in blood loss was therefore assumed to be 500 - 250 ml (b-a), which is 250 ml. Sample size calculation Assuming a difference in perioperative blood loss of 250 ml with a standard deviation (SD) of 500 ml, we calculated that a sample size of 84 patients per group would be required to achieve a power of 90% with a two-sided α ... ................
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