GRAPEVINE, Texas — Extended use of oral tranexamic acid may improve early motion, pain and functional scores after total knee arthroplasty, according to results presented here.
“When compared to placebo, the extended use of oral tranexamic acid safely resulted in improved early motion, pain and functional scores for total knee arthroplasty patients,” Marcus C. Ford, MD, said about a paper that received the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Clinical Research Award at the AAHKS Annual Meeting.
Ford and co-workers randomly assigned 40 patients to undergo primary TKA
