Efficacy and safety of rIX-FP in surgery: An update from a phase 3b extension study

Patients with hemophilia are at a high risk of developing arthropathy and so are more likely to require surgery during their lifetime; in particular, major orthopedic surgery [1]. The management of patients with hemophilia undergoing surgery has additional considerations, as they are more likely to experience excessive or prolonged bleeding and associated complications, compared with patients without hemophilia [2].

Source: Thrombosis Research - May 27, 2020 Category: Hematology Authors: Brigitte Pan-Petesch, Azusa Nagao, Faraizah Abdul Karim, Alberto Tosetto, Maria Teresa Alvarez Roman, Wilfried Seifert, Yanyan Li, Claude N égrier Tags: Letter to the Editors-in-Chief Source Type: research