Does tranexamic acid reduce blood loss in total knee arthroplasty? commentary on an article by x. aguilera, md, et al.:"Efficacy and safety of fibrin glue and tranexamic acid to prevent postoperative blood loss in total knee arthroplasty. a randomized controlled clinical trial"

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 22, 2013, Pages

  Delanois, Ronald E ^a   Mont, Michael A ^a  

^a SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID; HEMOSTATIC AGENT;

BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; FEMALE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 84894669453     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.M.01086     Document Type: Note

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