Use of Tranexamic acid is a cost effective method in preventing blood loss during and after total knee replacement

Table 1 Summary of results

	*Mean Post-Operative Drainage*		*Mean Drop in Post-Operative HB*		*Mean number of Packed Cells Transfused*		*Number of Patients requiring Transfusion*
	Unilateral	Bilateral	Unilateral	Bilateral	Unilateral	Bilateral
Group-I (N = 47)	826 ml	1288 ml	1.49 g/dl	1.94 g/dl	0.12	0.9	6
Group-II (N = 52)	1828 ml	2695 ml	1.79 g/dl	2.21 g/dl	1.24	2.6	35
p value	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.0005	< 0.0005	0.005	0.043

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