The Bone & Joint Journal
Vol. 98-B, Issue 6 | Pages 747 - 753
1 Jun 2016
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We chose unstable extra-capsular hip fractures as our study group
because these types of fractures suffer the largest blood loss.
We hypothesised that tranexamic acid (TXA) would reduce total blood
loss (TBL) in extra-capsular fractures of the hip. A single-centre placebo-controlled double-blinded randomised
clinical trial was performed to test the hypothesis on patients
undergoing surgery for extra-capsular hip fractures. For reasons
outside the control of the investigators, the trial was stopped
before reaching the 120 included patients as planned in the protocol. Aims
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