You are designing a study to look at the effect of tranexamic acid administration on intra-operative hemorrhage in high-risk scoliosis patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion. You plan to randomize half of the patients to receive tranexamic acid and the other half to receive a placebo. You then plan to compare the estimated blood loss at the end of each case. Which of the statistical tests must be used to compare the study results?
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Question of the Week #44