Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) may result in significant blood loss, but it is an effective and affordable treatment for severe osteoarthritis in the knees. While intravenous (IV) tranexamic acid (TXA) is a commonly used technique, intraarticular (IA) TXA has just recently started to gain traction in joint replacement procedures. The purpose of this research was to examine the mean postoperative hemoglobin concentration in order to assess the effectiveness of TXA administered IV vs IA after TKA.
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