Efficiency and Safety of Intravenous Tranexamic Acid in Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Orthopaedic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 285-293

  Jiang, Xuan ^a,b   Ma, Xin long ^a,b   Ma, Jian xiong ^b  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Meta analysis; Total knee arthroplasty; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY;

EID: 84987622008     PISSN: 17577853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/os.12256     Document Type: Review

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