Tranexamic acid in a periarticular multimodal cocktail injection for blood management in total knee arthroplasty: a prospective randomized study

Table 2 Hemoglobin change after TKA

	IV TXA (n=80)	PAMC TXA (n=80)	Combined (n=80)	P value ^a
Preoperative Hb (g/dL)	12.93 ± 1.01	12.78 ± 1.03	12.74 ± 1.04	0.458
Postoperative day 1	11.42 ± 1.22	11.03 ± 1.05	11.35 ± 1.17	0.070
Postoperative day 2	10.38 ± 1.25	10.23 ± 0.94	10.61 ± 0.95	0.074
Postoperative day 5	10.89 ± 0.73	10.63 ± 0.94	10.77 ± 0.86	0.153

TKA total knee arthroplasty, IV intravenous, PAMC peri-articular multimodal cocktail, TXA tranexamic acid, Hb hemoglobin
^a Using one-way ANOVA for comparison among groups

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