Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: Through a retrospective case-control study consecutive TKA patients receiving intraarticular TXA (Case group) were compared with similar patients undergoing TKA using traditional blood management strategy (Control group). Hemoglobin levels (Hb) before and after the surgery, need for transfusion, and reoperation due to massive blood loss were compared between the two groups. RESULTS: Fifty TXA patients were compared with 50 patients of the control group. There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of age, gender, and preoperative Hb. Postoperative blood loss and transfusion rate were significantly reducedin TXA patients compared to the control group (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Mohammad N Tahmasebi, Kaveh Bashti, Gholamreza Ghorbani, Mohammad R Sobhan |
Journal | The archives of bone and joint surgery
(Arch Bone Jt Surg)
Vol. 2
Issue 3
Pg. 141-5
(Sep 2014)
ISSN: 2345-4644 [Print] Iran |
PMID | 25386572
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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