Patient enrollment
posttraumatic arthritis, end-stage arthritis, stroke, fracture, arthritis, infection, VTE, coagulopathy, primary osteoarthritis
INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS, ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE, STROKE, DISEASE, ARTHRITIS, INFECTION, SECONDARY, COAGULOPATHY, GOUTY ARTHRITIS, PRIMARY OSTEOARTHRITIS
Between September 2019 and September 2021, a consecutive series of 100 patients underwent unilateral primary MIS-TKA were assessed for their eligibility for inclusion for this study. The inclusion criteria are patients who were between 50 and 90 years of age who had end-stage arthritis of the knee including primary osteoarthritis or secondary arthritis due to inflammatory arthritis, gouty arthritis, or posttraumatic arthritis and underwent unilateral primary MIS-TKA. The exclusion criteria are patients with history of ischemic heart disease, stroke, risk of VTE disease not amenable for tranexamic acid (TXA) administration, preoperative hemoglobin (Hb) level less than 11 g/dl, history of infection or intra-articular fracture of the affective knee, coagulopathy (platelet < 10