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Tranexamic acid reduces intraoperative occult blood loss and tourniquet time in obese knee osteoarthritis patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: a prospective cohort study

PURPOSE: Obesity can result in increased blood loss, which is correlated with poor prognosis in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Clinical application of tranexamic acid is effective in reducing blood loss in TKA. However, most previous studies focused on the effect of tranexamic acid in the whole popu...

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Autores principales: Meng, Yutong, Li, Zhirui, Gong, Ke, An, Xiao, Dong, Jiyuan, Tang, Peifu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5905491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29695912
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S160156