Topical vs Intravenous Tranexamic Acid in Reducing Blood Loss After Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Study

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1442-1448

  Aggarwal, Aditya K ^a   Singh, Nagmani ^a   Sudesh, Pebam ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Blood transfusion; Clinical outcome; Complications; Topical tranexamic acid; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRAINAGE; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE; KNEE REPLACEMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANEXAMIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84974530143     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.12.033     Document Type: Article

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