Other benefits of intra-articular injection of tranexamic acid in primary total knee arthroplasty apart from reducing blood transfusion rates.

CONCLUSION: Administration of intra-articular TA during primary TKA may reduce blood loss and the need for blood transfusion while significantly shortening the postoperative length of hospital stay and reducing the total hospital costs.
PMID: 28291435 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Eklem Hastaliklari ve Cerrahisi - March 21, 2017 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Eklem Hastalik Cerrahisi Source Type: research