Tranexamic acid for control of blood loss in bilateral total knee replacement in a single stage

Authors also have failed to inform the readers of the usage of any screening tool to identify the high-risk patients for venous thromboembolism. In clinical practice, TEA should however - especially for simultaneous bilateral TKA - be combined with other simple cost-effective measures such as delaye...

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Published in:Indian journal of orthopaedics 2011-11, Vol.45 (6), p.581-581
Main Authors: Raviraja, A., Anand, Ashish
Format: Article
Language:English
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Clinical medicine
Conservative Orthopedics
Letter to Editor
Letters to Editor
Medicine & Public Health
Orthopedics
Surgery
Surgical Orthopedics
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Summary:Authors also have failed to inform the readers of the usage of any screening tool to identify the high-risk patients for venous thromboembolism. In clinical practice, TEA should however - especially for simultaneous bilateral TKA - be combined with other simple cost-effective measures such as delayed and intermittent drainage or, in selected cases, reinfusion of drained blood, not to mention optimization of preoperative hemoglobin level by administration of erythropoietin (EPO).
ISSN:0019-5413
1998-3727
DOI:10.4103/0019-5413.87138