Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2018, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (19): 3085-3090.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.0276

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Hemostatic agents in total knee arthroplasty: safety, curative efficacy and cost-effectiveness  

Gao Cheng-zhe, Qu Yan-long   

  1. Third Department of Orthopedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
  • Online:2018-07-08 Published:2018-07-08
  • Contact: Qu Yan-long, M.D., Chief physician, Associate professor, Third Department of Orthopedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
  • About author:Gao Cheng-zhe, Master candidate, Third Department of Orthopedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: To accelerate the rehabilitation and reduce the incidence of complications, perioperative blood management measures of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are gradually gaining much attention. Perioperative hemostatic agents are considered as a key part of blood management measures and have become the hotspot in the field of bone and joint surgeries.

OBJECTIVE: To summarize the research progress of hemostatic agents in TKA and to evaluate the feasibility of these agents.
METHODS: A computer-based retrieval of PubMed and CNKI databases was performed with the keywords of “knee arthroplasty, blood loss, tranexamic acid, epinephrine, fibrinogen, platelet-rich plasma” in English and Chinese, respectively. The literature concerning the application of hemostatic agents in TKA published from January 1985 to July 2017 was reviewed and analyzed. Totally 350 articles were searched initially, and finally 55 articles eligible for the inclusion and exclusion criteria were included for result analysis.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) Perioperative TKA is always accompanied by massive bleeding, which will affect postoperative rehabilitation, even needs to be improved by allogeneic blood transfusion. Therefore, reducing postoperative blood loss and blood transfusion rate becomes crucial. (2) In recent years, perioperative hemostatic agents, such as tranexamic acid, epinephrine, fibrinogen agents and platelet-rich plasma, have been increasingly used in clinical practice. Tranexamic acid has been shown to have good effectiveness and safety with best cost-effectiveness. The combination of diluted epinephrine and tranexamic acid can obviously reduce the blood loss and blood transfusion rate after TKA. (3) However, there is a lack of criteria for hemostatic agent application, and more high-quality clinical trials are needed to guide clinical practice.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:人工关节;骨植入物;脊柱骨折;内固定;数字化骨科;组织工程

Key words: Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee, Tranexamic Acid, Tissue Engineering

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