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Perioperative care of the patient with hemophilia undergoing urgent appendectomy.

Redwine J, Bold RJ

Division of Surgical Oncology, Ste 3010, UC Davis Cancer Center, 4501 X St, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.

We report the presentation of acute appendicitis in a 20-year-old man with hemophilia A. We review the pathophysiology of hemophilia A and the current recommendations regarding factor VIII replacement in the perioperative period to ensure adequate hemostasis.

Published 18 September 2007 in Arch Surg, 142(9): 894-7.
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