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.
Age 18 or older
Any patient undergoing elective hand surgery
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