Efficacy of preoperative administration of single high dose intravenous tranexamic acid in reducing blood loss in total knee arthroplasty: A prospective clinical study

Turgut Akgül, Mehmet I. Buget, Ahmet Salduz, İpek Saadet Edipoğlu, Mehmet Ekinci, Süleyman Küçükay, Cengiz Şen

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica · 2016 · 30 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

A high, single dose of TXA intravenously given to the patient prior to the TKA significantly reduces the bleeding during the operation and within the postoperative 24 h. There is no significant change in the bleeding amount after the 24th hour following the operation.

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