Comparing the effect of tourniquet and tranexamic acid on the tibial cement mantle thickness in total knee arthroplasty.
Taha KizilkurtSerkan BayramMehmet EkinciÖmer AyikÖmer Naci Erginİrfan ÖztürkPublished in: European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie (2021)
This study reports that tourniquet use in TKA increased cement mantle penetration of the tibial component in primary TKA. The main strength of this study was that the TXA use alone exhibited no significant effect on the cement thickness.