Publications by authors named "Emek Mert Duman"
Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the risk of thromboembolic events and amount of postoperative blood loss and transfusion in patients who received preoperative tranexamic acid (TXA) administration in proximal femoral resection and endoprosthesis of proximal femur malignant lesion.
Methods: In this study, the data of 46 patients who underwent extensive resection and proximal femoral tumor prosthesis for proximal femoral bone malignancies were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were divided into two groups according to preoperative 15 mg/kg bolus intravenous administration of TXA.