Tranexamic acid in total hip arthroplasty: A recursive cumulative meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and assessment of publication bias

Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 323-328

  Sridharan, Kannan ^a   Sivaramakrishnan, Gowri ^a  

^a FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Fisher method; Rosenthal method; Trim and fill method

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; HIP; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; META ANALYSIS; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREND STUDY;

EID: 85019373877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0972978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jor.2017.05.004     Document Type: Review

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