Intra-articular injection of tranexamic acid via a drain plus drain-clamping to reduce blood loss in cementless total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mutsuzaki, Hirotaka ^a   Ikeda, Kotaro ^b  

^a IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Ichihara Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Cementless; Drain clamping; Intra articular injection; Total knee arthroplasty; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LIGATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE CEMENTS; CONSTRICTION; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANEXAMIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866664609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-799X-7-32     Document Type: Article

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