Authors: Kazunari Ishida Nobuhiro Tsumura Atsushi Kitagawa Sayaka Hamamura Koji Fukuda Yoshihiro Dogaki Seiji Kubo Tomoyuki Matsumoto Takehiko Matsushita Takaaki Chin Tetsuhiro Iguchi Masahiro Kurosaka Ryosuke Kuroda
Publish Date: 2011/01/21
Volume: 35, Issue: 11, Pages: 1639-1645
Abstract
We performed 100 TKA in osteoarthritis patients At closure a total of 2000 mg/20 ml TXA was injected into the knee joint through a closed suction drain TXA group For the control group the same volume of physiological saline was injected The preoperative condition of the patients postoperative haemoglobin Hb levels discharge volumes from drain Ddimer and needs for transfusion were compared between these two groups Furthermore leg diameters thigh suprapatellar portion and calf girth were measured pre and postoperatively to investigate whether TXA has an influence on leg swelling after surgery
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