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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXXVII | Pages 562 - 562
1 Sep 2012
Petursson G Hovik O Bjerre S Amlie E Furnes O Röhrl S
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Background

Tranexamic acid (TA) in total knee replacement surgery (TKR) has shown marked reduction in bleeding and blood transfusion. There are little data on TA in revision TKR. From February 2008 all patients having primary or revision TKR received TA 10mg/kg × 2. We whished to evaluate the effect and possible complications of TA.

Patients and Methods

49 patients had revision TKR from January to August 2010. 21 patients (group I) operated before the regular use of TA were compared to 28 patients (group II) receiving TA. The groups were compared according to bleeding, blood transfusion, postoperative complication and type of revision. Revision TKR was compared to 157 primary TKR (94 operated without TA (group III) and 63 who received TA (group IV).