Dr. Maria José Colomina and Dr. Joan Bagó, members of the Spine Research Unit at VHIR have been awarded with 3,000 euros by the best oral communication at GEER 2015, the Congress of the Spanish Society of Spine. Researchers have received this recognition for their work "Multicenter randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of perioperative tranexamic acid in transfusion requirements and surgery bleeding in spinal surgery."The clinical trial was conducted in four Spanish hospitals, including Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, over a total of 95 patients. The results proved that tranexamic acid significantly reduces perioperative bleeding and transfusion requirements in adult patients undergoing major surgery of the spine, with an adequate safety profile.The study was funded between 2010 and 2014 by the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, and directed by Dr. Maria José Colomina. The principal investigator received the award at the congress held recently in Malaga, together with Dr. Bagó and the head of the Spine Research Unit, Dr. Ferran Pellisé.This work is also nominated to the Hibbs Award of the Scoliosis Research Society, which this year will take place in Minneapolis (Minnesota, USA) in October.