Clinicians who are concerned about using tranexamic acid during orthopedic surgery because of risk for perioperative seizures may find comfort in a new study. Researchers at New York City’s Hospital for Special Surgery concluded that use of the agent was not associated with increased odds of perioperative seizure, even in patients with a history of seizure.
“In recent years, tranexamic acid has become so popular that the vast majority of orthopedic surgery patients undergoing joint