Research Article

Tranexamic Acid Is Beneficial to Patients Undergoing Open-Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy

Table 1

Patient demographics.

TA groupNTA group. value

Gender (male/female)20/3222/260.46
Mean age (years)0.43
BMI0.18
Pre Hb (g/l)0.40
Osteotomy gap (mm)0.36
Smoking14 (26.9%)13 (27.1%)0.99
Alcohol consumption16 (30.8%)15 (31.2%)0.96
Hypertension25 (48.1%)23 (47.9%)0.99
Diabetes mellitus9 (17.3%)10 (20.8%)0.65
History of aspirin12 (21.2%)12 (25.0%)0.65
Thrombotic events2 (3.8%)4 (8.3%)0.35
Hematoma2 (3.8%)5 (10.4%)0.20
Infection1 (1.9%)2 (2.1%)0.95