A PROSPECTIVE STUDY TO EVALUATE THE ROLE OF INTRAVENOUS TRANEXEMIC ACID IN REDUCING THE BLOOD LOSS DURING TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY

AMANDEEP SINGH BAKSHI; HARRY MEHTA; SUKHIL RAINA; GIRISH SAHNI; KARAN GERA

doi:10.22159/ijcpr.2024v16i5.5025

Authors

AMANDEEP SINGH BAKSHI Department of Orthopaedics, GMC Patiala, Punjab, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3983-717X
HARRY MEHTA Department of Orthopaedics, GMC Patiala, Punjab, India https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3841-5208
SUKHIL RAINA Department of Orthopaedics, GMC Patiala, Punjab, India
GIRISH SAHNI Department of Orthopaedics, GMC Patiala, Punjab, India
KARAN GERA Department of Orthopaedics, GMC Patiala, Punjab, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ijcpr.2024v16i5.5025

Keywords:

Arthroplasty, Tranexamic acid, Blood loss

Abstract

Objective: The goal of this research was to determine how well intravenous tranexamic acid works in minimizing excessive bleeding after total knee arthroplasty.

Methods: The study was done on 50 patients of different age groups. Patients were randomly separated into two groups of 25 each. Group 1 were those who received intravenous tranexamic acid and group 2 were those who did not receive intravenous tranexamic acid. SPSS software was used to keep track of everything that happened and assess the outcomes.

Results: Patients in Group A had a mean perioperative blood loss of 298.04 ml, whereas those in Group B lost 447.2 ml on average after surgery. When comparing the two groups statistically, it was shown that group A had considerably larger mean perioperative blood loss than group B.

Conclusion: Patients in group B had substantially lower mean hemoglobin than patients in group A at the postoperative day 1 and postoperative day 7 measurements.

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