Tranexamic acid versus placebo to reduce perioperative blood transfusion in patients undergoing liver resection: protocol for the haemorrhage during liver resection tranexamic acid (HeLiX) randomised controlled trial

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• Peter Metrakos,
• Chad G Ball,
• Stuart Mccluskey,
• Steven Gallinger,
• Kevin E Thorpe,
• Julie Hallet,
• Geoff Porter,
• Jordan Tarshis,
• Elijah Dixon,
• Natalie G. Coburn,
• Yulia Lin,
• Carol-anne Moulton,
• Prosanto Chaudhury,
• Paul Jack Karanicolas,
• Rachel Roke,
• Sean P Cleary,
• Gareth Eeson,
• Sulaiman Nanji,
• Leyo Ruo,
• Anton I Skaro,
• Melanie Tsang,
• Alice C Wei,
• Oliver F. Bathe,
• Boris Gala-Lopez,
• Diederick Jalink,
• Shiva Jayaraman,
• Calvin Law,
• Douglas Quan,
• Trevor W. Reichman,
• Gonzalo Sapisochin,
• Pablo E. Serrano,
• Francis R. Sutherland

Affiliations

Peter Metrakos

Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada

Chad G Ball

3 Surgery, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Stuart Mccluskey

4 Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Steven Gallinger

Division of General Surgery, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Sinai Health Systems, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kevin E Thorpe

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Julie Hallet

Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Geoff Porter

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jordan Tarshis

1 Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Elijah Dixon

1Department of Surgery, University of Calgary and the Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Natalie G. Coburn

4Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Division of Surgical Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto

Yulia Lin

fellow

Carol-anne Moulton

Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Prosanto Chaudhury

Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada

Paul Jack Karanicolas

Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rachel Roke

Department of Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sean P Cleary

Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Gareth Eeson

Department of Surgery, Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Sulaiman Nanji

Department of Surgery, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Leyo Ruo

Department of Surgery, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Anton I Skaro

Department of Surgery, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada

Melanie Tsang

Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Alice C Wei

Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA

Oliver F. Bathe

Boris Gala-Lopez

Diederick Jalink

Shiva Jayaraman

Calvin Law

Douglas Quan

Trevor W. Reichman

Gonzalo Sapisochin

Pablo E. Serrano

Francis R. Sutherland