Reducing Blood Loss in Revision Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: Tranexamic Acid Is Effective in Aseptic Revisions and in Second-Stage Reimplantations for Periprosthetic Infection
Table 2
Revised components.
Components being revised
TXA Revision THA n=96 Revision TKA n=51
No TXA Revision THA n=103 Revision TKA n=52
p-value
Revision THA
0.63
Acetabular component
43
43
Femoral component
22
26
Both components
10
16
Reimplantation of both components in two-stage revisions
21
18
0.44
Revision TKA
0.06
Femoral component
9
2
Tibial component
1
3
Both components
20
20
Reimplantation of both components in two-stage revisions
21
27
0.28
TXA, tranexamic acid; THA, total hip arthroplasty; TKA, total knee arthroplasty; : significant; †: Welch’s test.
