A comparative, retrospective study of peri-articular and intra-articular injection of tranexamic acid for the management of postoperative blood loss after total knee arthroplasty

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mao, Zhenyang ^a   Yue, Bing ^a   Wang, You ^a   Yan, Mengning ^a   Dai, Kerong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Intra articular injection; Peri articular injection; Total knee arthroplasty; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATION DURATION; PERIARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRAINAGE; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; TRANEXAMIC ACID; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84992184018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-016-1293-3     Document Type: Article

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