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Black patients get transfusions at higher rates for TJA than white patients

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Black patients get transfusions at higher rates for TJA than white patients



The published results revealed that, despite the decline in transfusions from 2013 to 2020, Black patients undergoing total knee replacements had significantly higher transfusions than white patients.
Researchers retrospectively analysed data on 5,435 TKA patients and 2,105 THA patients from 2013 to 2020. According to this study, 67.1% patients who had TKA and 69.8% patients who had THA were White. Overall, transfusion



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