Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Perioperative Intravenous Tranexamic Acid Use in Spinal Surgery

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Baohui ^a   Li, Haopeng ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   He, Xijing ^a   Zhang, Chun ^a   Yang, Pinglin ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANEXAMIC ACID;

BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPINE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 84873740808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055436     Document Type: Review

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