Response to Letter to the Editor on "Topical Tranexamic Acid in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty Reduces Transfusion Rates and May Be Associated With Earlier Recovery"

J Arthroplasty. 2020 May;35(5):1447-1448. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2020.01.042. Epub 2020 Jan 23.

Authors

Elina Huerfano¹, Manuel Huerfano², Kate Shanaghan³, Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Clínica de la Mujer, Bogotá, Colombia.
² Department of Nephrology, Hospital Universitario Mayor Mederi, Baxter, Colombia.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York.

PMID: 32061476
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2020.01.042

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Antifibrinolytic Agents*
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee* / adverse effects
Blood Transfusion
Humans
Tranexamic Acid*

Substances

Antifibrinolytic Agents
Tranexamic Acid