Tranexamic acid no help during hepatic resection

Patients had same transfusion rate + more complications with TXA

Tranexamic acid (TXA) is a synthetic analog of the amino acid lysine which reversibly binds to plasminogen, reducing its fibrinolytic action. TXA has FDA indications for the prevention of heavy bleeding during tooth extraction in patients with hemophilia, and also for heavy menstrual bleeding. It’s sold inexpensively in the U.S. as Cyklokapron® (the in…