Major surgical procedures can be performed safely for hemophiliacs provided the clotting factors are adequate. However, rhinoplasty, an elective facial procedure, has not yet been evaluated in this group of patients. The authors present a hemophilia A patient who underwent rhinoplasty for cosmetic reasons.
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Authors report a case of unexpected postoperative bleeding after an aesthetic rhinoplasty that was due to previously undiagnosed asymptomatic haemophilia.
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July 2007
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vakif Gureba Training Hospital, Vatan cad., 34093, Fatih, and Department of Pediatric Hematology, Istanbul University, Oncology Institute Gapa, Istanbul, Turkey.
Major surgical procedures can be performed safely for hemophiliacs provided the clotting factors are adequate. However, rhinoplasty, an elective facial procedure, has not yet been evaluated in this group of patients. The authors present a hemophilia A patient who underwent rhinoplasty for cosmetic reasons.
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