Total hip arthroplasty in severe congenital factor VII deficiency: successful use of recombinant activated factor VII for hemostasis

J Arthroplasty. 2005 Apr;20(3):396-400. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2004.01.015.

Abstract

Congenital factor VII (FVII) deficiency is a rare hemorrhagic disorder, and, in affected patients, surgery is likely to cause excessive bleeding. In this article, we report the first case of total hip arthroplasty in a patient with severe congenital FVII deficiency in which recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa, NovoSeven) was successfully used to manage bleeds. The patient was a 68-year-old woman with severe congenital FVII deficiency, who suffered from a hemorrhagic arthrosis of her left hip joint. We administered rFVIIa as intermittent bolus infusions both perioperatively and postoperatively; dosing was based on the results of a preoperative rFVIIa challenge test. During surgery and the 3-day postoperative treatment period, we observed normal hemostasis with no excessive bleeding or complications.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip*
  • Blood Loss, Surgical / physiopathology
  • Blood Loss, Surgical / prevention & control*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Factor VII Deficiency / blood
  • Factor VII Deficiency / complications
  • Factor VII Deficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Factor VII Deficiency / therapy*
  • Factor VIIa / administration & dosage*
  • Factor VIIa / metabolism
  • Female
  • Hemarthrosis / blood
  • Hemarthrosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Hemarthrosis / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Osteoarthritis, Hip / blood
  • Osteoarthritis, Hip / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteoarthritis, Hip / surgery*
  • Premedication
  • Radiography
  • Recombinant Proteins / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Factor VIIa