Intravenous vs Intra-Articular Tranexamic Acid in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 28-32

  Goyal, Navendu ^a   Chen, Darren B ^a   Harris, Ian A ^b   Rowden, Neville J ^c   Kirsh, George ^a   MacDessi, Samuel J ^a  

^a St George Private Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c St George Knee Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

blood loss; intra articular; intravenous blood transfusion; morbidity; total knee arthroplasty; tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; AGED; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 84994096920     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2016.07.004     Document Type: Article

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