Clinical Study
Intraoperative Platelet Rich Plasma Usage in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Does It Help?
Table 3
Blood loss evaluation.
| | | Platelet gel | Nonplatelet gel | value |
| | Preop Hgb (Avg) | 13.6 | 13.6 | 0.76 | | Discharge Hgb (Avg) | 10.7 | 10.7 | 0.85 | | Lowest recorded Hgb (Avg) | 10.3 | 10.4 | 0.50 | | Change in Hgb: preop-lowest (Avg) | −3.3 | −3.2 | 0.25 | | # Pts lowest Hgb = or < 8.5 | 13 | 15 | 0.81 |
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