The effect of local and systemic application of tranexamic acid on the amount of blood loss and allogeneic blood transfusion after total knee replacement

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 698-707

  Özta, Sava ^a   Öztürk, Alpaslan ^a   Akaln, Yavuz ^b   Ahin, Namk ^b   Özkan, Yüksel ^b   Otuzbir, Ali ^b   Avcu, Bülent ^b  

^a BURSA YUKSEK IHTISAS TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allogeneic blood transfusion; Amount of bleeding; Antifibrinolytic; Total knee replacement; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANEXAMIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84956965150     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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