Overview

Efficacy of Tranexamic Acid in Foot and Ankle Surgeries

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2018-12-31
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
Epidemiology of foot and ankle surgeries that present to the hospitals in the US are often underestimated. However there has been growing emphasis on identification of these injuries and practice patterns.
Phase:
Phase 4
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Treatments:
Tranexamic Acid
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- ASA (American Society of Anesthesiology) class I-IV

- age 8-75.

Exclusion Criteria:

- ASA class V

- morbid obesity

- patient refusal

- patients with known coagulopathy disorder

- renal insufficiency

- hepatic dysfunction

- serious cardiac disease

- an allergy to TXA or receiving antiplatelet and /or anticoagulant drugs will be
excluded.