Intravenous versus topical tranexamic acid administration in primary total knee arthroplasty: a meta-analysis

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 3585-3595

  Shin, Young Soo ^a   Yoon, Jung Ro ^a   Lee, Hoon Nyun ^a   Park, Se Hwan ^b   Lee, Dae Hee ^b  

^a Seoul Veterans Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Intravenous; Meta analysis; Topical; Total knee arthroplasty; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE REPLACEMENT; LUNG EMBOLISM; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROCEDURES; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOURNIQUET; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOURNIQUETS; TRANEXAMIC ACID; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84978829306     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-016-4235-6     Document Type: Article

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