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Total knee arthroplasty in a patient with hypofibrinogenemia

Patients with afibrinogenemia or hypofibrinogenemia present a unique challenge to the arthroplasty surgeon as fibrinogen is a key contributor to hemostasis. Patients with these disorders are known to have a higher risk for postsurgical bleeding complications. We present the case of a patient with hy...

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Autores principales: Nacca, Christopher R., Shah, Kalpit N., Truntzer, Jeremy N., Rubin, Lee E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5247511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28326424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2015.10.004