Surgery & Transplants

A World of Difference for People with Bleeding Disorders

Advances in treatment have made it possible for people with hemophilia to lead relatively normal lives, but Glenn Pierce has...

Novel Technologies, Surgery & Transplants, Global Focus

Organ Transplants in HIV-Positive People

Update, 7/29/2013: The Senate bill now has 14 co-sponsors and passed in the Senate on June 17, 2013. On July...

HIV, Surgery & Transplants

Woman and man sitting on couch, looking at each other lovingly, holding newborn

Joint Replacement Surgery in People with Inhibitors

Eric Lowe, 31, needed knee replacement surgery 10 years ago. The small-business owner from Noblesville, Indiana, has severe hemophilia A...

Surgery & Transplants, Surgery & Transplants, Alternative Treatments

Managing Surgical Risks in People with Inhibitors

Reconstructive surgery on people with hemophilia is more challenging because of the added need of assuring coagulation, the increased incidence...

Research & Treatment, Surgery & Transplants

Shoulder Surgery

The shoulder is a versatile joint. It allows you to swing a golf club, throw a curve ball and paint...

Surgery & Transplants

Hemophilia and Hip Replacement Surgery

Elvis swiveled them. Jeans hug them. People with hemophilia have pain in them. Hips. Without them, we couldn’t walk or...

Surgery & Transplants

Total Knee Replacement Surgery Takes a Team

Pain. It is the No. 1 reason people with bleeding disorders consider total knee replacement surgery.

Surgery & Transplants

In for the Long Haul

In the 2008 New York City Marathon, runner #48068 was an architect from Alabama. He was also a liver transplant...

Hepatitis C, Surgery & Transplants

Is Liver Biopsy Better?

Three studies published in the October 2007 issue of the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology discuss several novel noninvasive techniques...

Hepatitis C, Surgery & Transplants

When Elbow Surgery Is the Best Option

“Oil can.” The Tin Man’s request in the movie The Wizard of Oz offers a simple solution for his rusted...

Surgery & Transplants

Ankle Surgery

When Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner, shattered multiple bones in his right hind ankle two weeks after the race...

Surgery & Transplants