Topical Tranexamic Acid May Improve Early Functional Outcomes of Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1449-1452

  Serrano Mateo, Laura ^a   Goudarz Mehdikhani, Kaveh ^b   Cáceres, Libertad ^c   Lee, Yuo yu ^c   Gonzalez Della Valle, Alejandro ^c  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b Refractive Surgeon at Clínica Baviera Madrid   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early outcome; Function; Topical tranexamic acid; Total knee arthroplasty; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE SOCIETY SCORE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BODY MASS; KNEE; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOURNIQUET; WALKING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOURNIQUETS; TRANEXAMIC ACID; WALKING;

EID: 84956879760     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2016.01.009     Document Type: Article

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