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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: The efficacy and safety of topical administration of tranexamic acid in spine surgery: a meta-analysis

Study

Operation

Cases (T/C)

Mean age (T/C)

Gender (F)

Dosage

Transfusion trigger

Krohn 2002

Lumbar surgery

16/14

51/54

9/9

0.5 g

8 g/dL

Liang 2016

PLIF

30/30

51.13/53.83

15/12

2 g

7 g/dL

Ren 2017

PLIF

50/50

55.2/58.7

20/19

1 g

7 g/dL

Xu 2017

PLIF

40/40

53.1/57.4

21/27

1 g

8 g/dL

  1. T tranexamic acid, C control, F female, PLIF posterior lumbar interbody fusion