Tranexamic acid may reduce complications in ankle, hindfoot surgery

CHICAGO — Tranexamic acid in total ankle arthroplasty and hindfoot fusion may reduce the number of superficial infections, provide shorter time to union and decrease rates of delayed wound healing, according to results presented here.
“The good thing about [tranexamic acid] TXA is we have a lot of data on its use in orthopedic patients. We know it’s safe, and we know it’s cheap. And we know a lot of our partners are giving it to almost anybody,” Daniel J. Scott, MD, assistant professor at Medical University of South Carolina, told Healio. “So, it’s an

CHICAGO — Tranexamic acid in total ankle arthroplasty and hindfoot fusion may reduce the number of superficial infections, provide shorter time to union and decrease rates of delayed wound healing, according to results presented here.
“The good thing about [tranexamic acid] TXA is we have a lot of data on its use in orthopedic patients. We know it’s safe, and we know it’s cheap. And we know a lot of our partners are giving it to almost anybody,” Daniel J. Scott, MD, assistant professor at Medical University of South Carolina, told Healio. “So, it’s an