Comparison of oral versus intra-articular tranexamic acid in enhanced-recovery primary total knee arthroplasty without tourniquet application: A randomized controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Wang, Duan ^a   Zhu, Hui ^b   Meng, Wei Kun ^a   Wang, Hao Yang ^a   Luo, Ze Yu ^a   Pei, Fu Xing ^a   Li, Qi ^a   Zhou, Zong Ke ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Intra articular; Oral; Total knee arthroplasty; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; RIVAROXABAN; TRANEXAMIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHINA; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; WOUND FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TOURNIQUET; TRENDS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TOURNIQUETS; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 85043761341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-018-1996-8     Document Type: Article

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