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ArticleHSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery2020

Intra-articular Tranexamic Acid in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Decreases the Rate of Post-operative Blood Transfusions in People with Hemophilia: A Retrospective Case-Control Study.

E Carlos Rodriguez-Merchan, Carlos A Encinas-Ullan, Primitivo Gomez-Cardero

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Article in HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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E Carlos Rodriguez-MerchanDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, La Paz University Hospital-IdiPaz, Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6360-0113
Carlos A Encinas-UllanDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, La Paz University Hospital-IdiPaz, Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
Primitivo Gomez-CarderoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, La Paz University Hospital-IdiPaz, Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
Hospital Universitario La Paz · ES

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Abstract

backgroundBlood transfusion rates after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients without hemophilia have diminished with the use of a standardized multimodal blood loss prevention method (MBLPM) that includes intra-articular tranexamic acid (TXA) (MBLPM-TXA). However, the topic has not been addressed in people with hemophilia. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: Our aim was to investigate whether the MBLPM-TXA prevents blood loss in patients with hemophilia A who undergo TKA, thereby decreasing the need for post-operative blood transfusion.

methodsThis retrospective case-control comparative study involved 30 TKA patients who had a severe degree of hemophilia A without inhibitions: one group treated with the MBLPM-TXA (

resultsThe MBLPM-TXA group had a transfusion rate of zero, whereas 46.6% of the patients (seven of 15) in the non-MBLPM-TXA group needed transfusion.

conclusionThis retrospective case-control study showed that the use of an MBLPM-TXA in patients with hemophilia A who underwent TKA was effective in reducing rates of transfusion. We recommend its use.

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blood loss preventionhemophiliamultimodal blood loss prevention methodpost-operative blood losstotal knee arthroplastytranexamic acid

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PMID33088236
PMCPMC7534883
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