Clinical Research Directory

Establishing a Descriptive Cohort of Patients Cared for Operation on the Spine

This study aims to: 1. describe the monitoring of patients treated for spinal disorders. 2. create a comprehensive database of reliable and readily exploitable quickly to produce a library of cross publications between orthopedic surgery and neurosurgical services. This database will include clinical, functional , radiographic , educational, social and professional data. 3. obtain a cohort of patients in the comprehensive range of spinal pathologies. 4. standardize data collection in this cohort with similar national projects.

Tranexamic Acid to Reduce Blood Loss in Spine Surgery

This study is designed to evaluate the efficacy of topical tranexamic acid to reduce perioperative blood loss, reduction in postoperative drain output and allogenic transfusion requirements. The proposed study will be a prospective, randomized, double-blind (subject, surgeons, investigators, research coordinators) placebo-controlled study. Patients requiring posterior spinal fusion will be enrolled for this study. Furthermore, patients undergoing elective complex deformity surgery will also be enrolled. Both populations of patients will be randomized into two groups. Group I will receive standard of care operative fixation with topical tranexamic acid intervention (test); Group II will receive standard of care operative fixation with normal saline (placebo) intervention. This study will have a 2-year follow-up and will consist of three periods: screening/enrollment phase up to 21 days from the day of injury to the day of randomization and operative intervention, an inpatient data collection period for 4 days postoperative, and then a follow-up period for 2-years postoperative (visits occurring at 16 weeks, 1 year, and 2 year) time points.

Wound Closure Techniques in Primary Spine Surgery

The Researchers are trying to determine if there is a difference in blood flow around a wound site when comparing three different types of wound closure techniques.