The Effect of Topical Application of Tranexamic Acid in Total Hip Arthroplasty Through the Direct Anterior Approach

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The effects of topical application of 3g tranexamic acid for 2 hours prior to opening of the suction drain following a total hip replacement

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
• Treatments: Tranexamic Acid

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients who will receive a unilateral total hip arthroplasty

Exclusion Criteria:

• coagulopathy

• allergy to tranexamic acid

• preoperative anemia (a hemoglobin value of < 11g/dL in females and < 12g/dL in males)

• fibrinolytic disorders

• a history of arterial or venous thromboembolic disease

• pregnancy

• breastfeeding

• major comorbidities