Predicting the development of hemophilic arthropathy in patients with hemophilia based on patient age: a retrospective single-center database study.

Background: Patients with hemophilia (PWH) develop hemophilic arthropathy of the major joints due to recurrent hemarthrosis. This study retrospectively estimated the age at which PWH may expect to develop hemophilic arthropathy and undergo joint replacement surgery.

Research Design And Methods: Using retrospective data from PWH at a Czech orthopedic center, Kaplan Meier analyses were used to estimate the cumulative proportions of patients with hemophilic arthropathy and undergoing joint replacement surgery as a function of age.