Does Not Use of Closed Suction Drainage in Total Knee Arthroplasty with Tranexamic Acid Reduce Blood Loss?

CONCLUSIONS: 1. Performing Total Knee Arthroplasty with preoperative and postoperative ivtranexamic acid and without drain decreased postoperative reduction in Hb level on the day after surgery in the current study. 2. But blood loss and blood transfusion rates when compared to patients with drain, no significant difference was found. 3. Drain use in knee replacements does not offer an advantage over drainless TKAs regarding the findings of our study. 4. Future studies with longer follow-up are needed in our opinion.PMID:33568570 | DOI:10.5604/01.3001.0014.4224

Source: Ortopedia, Traumatologia, Rehabilitacja - February 11, 2021 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Naci Ru şen Senih Ayan Yavuz Akal ın Nazan Çevik Harun Sa ğlıcak Burak Olcay G üler Alpaslan Öztürk Source Type: research