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Surgery & Transplants

By Sarah Aldridge | 04.11.2013

Legislation calls for lifting 25-year ban.

By Sarah Aldridge | 10.22.2012

Inhibitors pose a serious surgical challenge.

By James V. Luck Jr., MD | 10.22.2012

These procedures pose additional challenges.

Shoulder replacement
By Sarah Aldridge | 08.08.2011

Although less common than other joint bleeds, shoulder bleeds may lead to shoulder replacement surgery.

Hip replacement
By Sarah Aldridge | 02.19.2010

Elvis swiveled them. Jeans hug them. People with hemophilia have pain in them. Hips. Without them, we couldn’t walk or stand. But when hips hurt, life can slow to a crawl.

Knee replacement
By Sarah Aldridge | 01.15.2010

“My knees were in such bad shape that they were stuck in a 90-degree position or straight out. On more than one flight, I was the last one off,” he says.

Runner
By Sarah Aldridge | 01.15.2010

For patients with hemophilia, the surgery is often complicated by hepatitis C and HIV.

liver
By Sarah Aldridge | 01.04.2010

For people with hemophilia and hepatitis C, the question is whether new techniques are viable alternatives to liver biopsy, considered the gold standard for diagnosing the extent of liver disease.

elbow surgery and hemophilia
By Sarah Aldridge | 01.03.2010

Kent Greer, who has severe hemophilia A, started having elbow bleeds as a child. As he got older, his elbows became target joints for bleeds.

ankle surgery
By Sarah Aldridge | 12.30.2009

For people with hemophilia, ankles are one of the target joints, prone to repeated bleeds.