AOSSM Specialty Day 2023 with ISAKOS with CME-1. AOSSM-ISAKOS - Session VI

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In this video, Alan Getgood talks about a study on the use of tranexamic acid (TXA) and epinephrine in improving visual clarity during arthroscopic shoulder surgery. The study was a double-blind randomized clinical trial involving five surgeons and 128 participants. The interventions included saline placebo, epinephrine, TXA, or a combination of both. The primary outcome was visual clarity, measured using a Likert scale every 15 minutes during the surgery. The results showed that epinephrine significantly improved visual clarity, while TXA did not. The study concluded that TXA is not effective as an alternative to epinephrine and adding TXA to epinephrine does not provide additional improvement in visual clarity.

Keywords

Alan Getgood

tranexamic acid

epinephrine

arthroscopic shoulder surgery

double-blind randomized clinical trial