Background Unnecessary costs and complications can be reduced by minimizing blood loss
and allogeneic blood transfusion in cases of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). This study
evaluated the effectiveness of bone wax in reducing blood loss and transfusion rates after
TKA. Methods A total of 674 consecutive TKAs performed for degenerative osteoarthritis
were retrospectively reviewed. Propensity score-matching and inverse probability of
treatment weighting analyses were performed for demographics, comorbidities, use of …