Safety and efficacy of intra-articular tranexamic acid injection without drainage on blood loss in total knee arthroplasty: A randomized clinical trial

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-7

  Wang, Chen Guang ^a   Sun, Zhen Hui ^b   Liu, Jun ^a,c   Cao, Jian Gang ^c   Li, Zhi Jun ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN HOSPITAL   (China)

^c TIANJIN HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Blood loss; D dimer; Hemoglobin; Total knee arthroplasty; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND HEALING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DRAINAGE; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

AGED; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 84938818592     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.05.045     Document Type: Article

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