Spine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Adjunctive Topical Tranexamic Acid for Blood Salvage Does Not Reduce Postoperative Blood Loss Compared with Placebo in Patients Who Undergo Palliative Decompressive Spinal Metastasis Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Randomized controlled trial. ⋯ We do not recommend tTXA as an adjunctive treatment for patients undergoing decompressive spinal metastasis surgery since it does not provide additional benefit to prophylactic intravenous TXA in postoperative blood loss and transfusion rate.Level of Evidence: 2.