About this trial
This study is a prospective randomized trial examining the effect of tranexamic acid (TXA) and aminocaproic acid (ε-Ahx) with local anesthetics and thrombin in all electively created surgical wound beds in hand surgery to provide long term pain relief and decrease the use of postoperative narcotics.
All surgical created wounds for any hand surgery will be treated in a randomized fashion with the following four arms:
1. Bupivacaine + lidocaine 2. Bupivacaine + lidocaine + thrombin 3. Bupivacaine + lidocaine + thrombin + tranexamic acid 4. Bupivacaine + lidocaine + thrombin + aminocaproic acid
All are applied topically to surgical bed prior to closure of skin.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Age 18 or older
Any patient undergoing elective hand surgery
Disqualifiers
Any patient with a traumatic or infected open wound (only surgically created wounds will be included)
History of chronic pain
History of narcotic addiction
History of recreational drug dependency
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Bupivacaine
Drug5 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine
Lidocaine
Drug5 ml of 1% lidocaine
Thrombin
Drug10000 units of thrombin
Tranexamic acid
Drug500 mg of tranexamic acid
Aminocaproic acid
Drug1000 mg of aminocaproic acid
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Pre-Operative Pain
Pain rated on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (highest level of pain ever experienced).
Post-Operative Pain
Pain rated on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (highest level of pain ever experienced).
Secondary outcomes
Number of Opioid Prescription Pills Used
Opioid prescriptions (Norco 5/325 mg) will be given to patients post operatively. Total number of pills taken up until post operative day 14 will be recorded by the patient.
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