TY - JOUR ID - 162748 TI - A Retrospective Study: ABO and Rh Phenotype Blood Group Distribution Amongst Different Types of Craniosynostosis Patients JO - Hospital Practices and Research JA - HPR LA - en SN - 2476-390X AU - Riazi, Ali AU - Abbasivand, Ali AU - Arabi, Alireza AU - Larry, Mehrdad AD - Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran AD - School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran AD - National Center for Health Insurance Research, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 145 EP - 148 KW - Craniosynostosis KW - blood groups KW - ABO/Rh DO - 10.34172/hpr.2022.28 N2 - Background: Craniosynostosis refers to the premature fusion of cranial sutures. Premature closure can impair brain development and cognitive problems. Only available treatment of craniosynostosis is through surgical intervention which is associated with excessive blood loss.Objectives: In this study, we investigate the prevalence of each ABO/Rh blood group amongst patients with different types of craniosynostosis.Methods: We included 163 patients, under craniosynostosis treatment, in Imam Hossein children’s hospital at Isfahan, Iran. A retrospective analysis was performed and the frequency of blood groups as well as types of craniosynostosis were reported. Moreover, the connection between ABO/Rh blood groups and the types of craniosynostosis was examined by chi-square test.Results: Of 163 cases reviewed; The majority of participants had blood group A positive (32.5%), followed by O positive (31.3%). The rest of the blood groups were reported in order: B positive (22.1%), B negative (4.9%), AB positive (4.3%), O negative (2.5%), A negative (1.8%), AB negative (0.6%). Also, the most common type of craniosynostosis was metopic (27%) and the other types were pansynostosis (23.9%), sagittal (21.5%), coronal (16.6%), multisuture (10.4%) and lambdoid (0.6%) respectively. Due to connection between ABO/Rh blood groups and the types of craniosynostosis, no significant relationship was observed.Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study, it was found that the frequency of ABO blood groups in children with craniosynostosis can be different from the population of the same area. Also, the ratio of different types of craniosynostosis was different from previous data. UR - https://www.jhpr.ir/article_162748.html L1 - https://www.jhpr.ir/article_162748_efa5371300cb5de429c6357e74ce4eca.pdf ER -