AI-assisted headline · Extra Tranexamic Acid Shows No Clear Knee Recovery Benefit
Original article title
A Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Effects of Extended Oral Tranexamic Acid on Postoperative Pain and Range of Motion Following Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Takeaway
Adding three days of oral tranexamic acid to standard intravenous treatment after knee replacement did not significantly improve pain, opioid use, movement or walking in an 86-patient trial. The findings argue against routine adoption of this extended protocol.
Double-blind randomized trial.
The 86-patient randomized trial found no significant improvement from adding three days of oral treatment to standard intravenous TXA, not evidence against routine perioperative TXA itself.
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