The reduction in blood loss with intra-articular injection of tranexamic acid in unilateral total knee arthroplasty without operative drains: A randomized controlled trial

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 135-139

  Yang, Yang ^a,b   Lv, Yong Ming ^b   Ding, Pei Jian ^b   Li, Jia ^b   Ying Ze, Zhang ^a  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Blood loss; Intra articular injection; Knee; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; HEMOGLOBIN; PLACEBO; TRANEXAMIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE JOINT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TRANEXAMIC ACID; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84927134135     PISSN: 16338065     EISSN: 14321068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-014-1461-9     Document Type: Article

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