Tranexamic acid for control of blood loss in bilateral total knee replacement in a single stage

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-152

  Dhillon, Mandeep S ^a   Bali, Kamal ^a   Prabhakar, Sharad ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antifbrinolytic; blood loss; hemoglobin; knee arthroplasty; tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052128023     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.77135     Document Type: Article

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