| Literature DB >> 32021047 |
Benjamin Jacob1, Nadja Kloss1, Sabrina Böhle1, Julia Kirschberg1, Timo Zippelius1, Markus Heinecke1, Georg Matziolis1, Eric Röhner1.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine toxic effects of tranexamic acid (TXA) on the viability of human chondrocytes. Our hypothesis was that TXA damages human chondrocytes. Chondrocytes were cultured from donated human knee joints. TXA was added to these cultures. Toxicity were analyzed by using LDH und XTT Elisa assays, light microscopy and fluorescence microscopy. The results show that TXA damages human chondrocytes in vitro. We cannot recommend the use of TXA in hemiarthroplasty of the hip or unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in higher concentrations.Entities:
Keywords: Cell damage; Human chondrocytes; Toxicity; Tranexamic acid; Viability
Year: 2019 PMID: 32021047 PMCID: PMC6994788 DOI: 10.1016/j.jor.2019.12.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Orthop ISSN: 0972-978X