Hemophilia is a hereditary coagulopathy that is largely in the attention of developing countries, not because of its low incidence, but because of the high costs involved in the treatment of the disease and its disabling consequences of the disease, if treated inappropriately. The concentrates of coagulation factors currently available for the substitution treatment of hemophilic patients have undergone additional viral purification and inactivation techniques, in order to achieve a higher infectious safety, an aspect that also implies an increase in treatment costs for these patients. Currently, the major morbidity of patients with hemophilia is represented by the disabling articular pathology, secondary to repetitive bleeding episodes developed in the articular space. Although it has been proved that the prophylactic administration of coagulation factors helps to prevent joint disease in the case of patients that were not subject to prophylaxis, the repeated bleeding in the joints induces synovitis, which is irreversible and may progress despite subsequent prophylaxis. Under these conditions, total joint arthroplasty remains the only solution to reduce both, pain and subsequent bleeding episodes of hemophilic arthropathy. Effective hemostasis is a basic condition for successful interventions in hemophilic patients. In this regard, this paper aims to highlight the effectiveness of Nonacog Alpha, a product that contains recombinant factor IX, in the management of hemostasis, in the case of a patient with type B hemophilia, with indication of total endoprosthesis of the left hip.
Treatment of hemophilia B: focus on recombinant factor IX
