The Value of Routine Intravenous Tranexamic Acid in Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Preliminary Study

Table 1

Comparison of intraoperative blood loss and transfusion rates between TXA and placebo.

	TXA	Placebo	value
Transfusion rate (units/patient)	0.34 (0–3)	0.44 (0–8)	0.70
Number of patients requiring transfusion (n/N, %)	8/42 (19.0%)	8/39 (20.5%)	1.00
Mean perioperative blood loss (mL), mean (range)	536.5 (130–920)	469.8 (57–1359)	0.28
Mean total blood loss in drains (mL), mean (range)	560.9 (0–1860)	688.4 (0–2500)	0.22
Day 1 haemoglobin levels (g/L), mean (range)	108.9 (82–132)	104.3 (80–143)	0.11
Day 4 haemoglobin levels (g/L), mean (range)	105.0 (83–129)	99.8 (75–136)	0.13
Time to discharge (days), mean (range)	4.3 (2.0–7.0)	4.8 (2.0–21.0)	0.20