Oral Administration of Tranexamic Acid in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery Reduce Postoperative Haemarthrosis

Summary

To find superiority relationship between oral and intravenous administration of tranexamic acid on peroperative and postoperative blood loss, haemarthrosis prevalence and improvement functional prognosis in anterior cruciate ligament arthroscopy.

Timeline

Start

2021-07-06

Primary completion

2023-06-01

Completion

2023-07-01

Publications

• Background Fillingham YA, Ramkumar DB, Jevsevar DS, Yates AJ, Bini SA, Clarke HD, Schemitsch E, Johnson RL, Memtsoudis SG, Sayeed SA, Sah AP, Della Valle CJ. Tranexamic acid in total joint arthroplasty: the endorsed clinical practice guides of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Hip Society, and Knee Society. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2019 Jan;44(1):7-11. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2018-000024. No abstract available.
• Background Muhunthan K, Balakumar S, Navaratnaraja TS, Premakrishna S, Arulkumaran S. Plasma Concentrations of Tranexamic Acid in Postpartum Women After Oral Administration. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Apr;135(4):945-948. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003750.
• Background Karaaslan F, Karaoglu S, Yurdakul E. Reducing Intra-articular Hemarthrosis After Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction by the Administration of Intravenous Tranexamic Acid: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Sports Med. 2015 Nov;43(11):2720-6. doi: 10.1177/0363546515599629. Epub 2015 Sep 2.

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Indications

No indication recorded.