Sandra Fyfe
Topical tranexamic acid is an effective additional treatment for granulating wounds in Mohs micrographic surgical settings … Brianna Castillo, MD, of the University of Missouri in Columbia, and colleagues presented abstract data demonstrating the potential for adjuvant tranexamic acid (TXA) in treating granulating surgical wounds at the 2022 American College of Mohs Surgery Annual Meeting. Researchers performed a double-blind randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of TXA in preventing bleeding in granulating surgical wounds. TXA is a drug that prevents blood clots from breaking down … “Postoperative bleeding is one of the more common complications when a wound is healing by second intent and can lead to patient distress and unnecessary return visits including possibly to emergency rooms after hours, thus generating increased cost to patients in the form of copays for emergency care,” the researchers wrote … read more