The objective of the present study is to determine the impact of intraoperative IV-iron supplementation on postoperative recovery of RBC mass by retrospectively analyzing and comparing the changes of postoperative hematocrit values after the surgery in patients underwent elective uni-limb total knee arthroplasty surgery with or without IV-iron supplementation during surgery
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
46
Ferric carboxymaltose is administered during surgery
Ferric carboxymaltose is not administered
postoperative hematocrit (%)
hematocrit is evaluated on postoperative 7 days
Time frame: 7 days after surgery
volume of post-operative bleeding (ml)
total volume of postoperative bleeding collected in the drainage container (hemovac)
Time frame: 7 day
intraoperative blood transfusion (ml)
total volume of intraoperative blood transfusion
Time frame: 1 day
post-operative blood transfusion (ml)
total amount of post-operative blood transfusion (ml)
Time frame: 7 days
post-operative serum ferritin level (ng/ml)
post-operative serum ferritin level (ng/ml) is checked immediately after surgery
Time frame: 1 day
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