Intravenous Tranexamic Acid for Reducing Perioperative Blood Loss During Revision Surgery for Vancouver Type B Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures After Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Study.

Qiu-Ru WangReleken YeershengDong-Hai LiZhou-Yuan YangPeng-de Kang

Published in: Orthopaedic surgery (2019)

The administration of intravenous tranexamic acid can safely and effectively reduce perioperative blood loss and allogeneic blood transfusions in revision surgery for Vancouver type B periprosthetic femoral fractures, without increasing the risk of symptomatic VTE.

Keyphrases

total hip arthroplasty
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
cardiac surgery
high dose
patients undergoing
stem cell transplantation
total knee arthroplasty
surgical site infection
bone marrow
total hip
acute kidney injury
percutaneous coronary intervention