Efficacy of intra-articular tranexamic acid in blood loss reduction following primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2494-2501

  Roy, Shuvendu Prosad ^a   Tanki, Umair Firdos ^a   Dutta, Amitabh ^a   Jain, Sumit Kumar ^a   Nagi, Onkar Nath ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Blood transfusion; TKA; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANEXAMIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870300273     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-1942-5     Document Type: Article

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