The effect of amicar on perioperative blood loss in idiopathic scoliosis: the results of a prospective, randomized double-blind study.

I, Florentino-Pineda; GH, Thompson; C, Poe-Kochert; RP, Huang; LL, Haber; LC, Blakemore

doi:10.1097/01.brs.0000109883.18015.b9

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The effect of amicar on perioperative blood loss in idiopathic scoliosis: the results of a prospective, randomized double-blind study.

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Florentino-Pineda I

Thompson GH

Poe-Kochert C

Abstract

Study design A prospective, randomized, double-blind Institutional Review Board-approved study evaluating the efficacy of Amicar (epsilon aminocaproic acid), an antifibrinolytic agent, in decreasing perioperative blood loss in idiopathic scoliosis.Objectives To compare the perioperative (intraoperat...

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