There are new perspectives in the treatment of intra-articular
complications of haemophilia that I have tried to clarify in this
book with the help of clinicians and academics who have a high
degree of expertize in the field. The patient with haemophilia
presents a particular challenge for those providing musculoskeletal
care. Haemophilia is a lifelong inherited bleeding disorder
characterized by spontaneous bleeding resulting in painful
joint deformities.
Unfortunately 70% of those with haemophilia worldwide
have no access to adequate haematological care. Many of those
individuals are untreated, and therefore suffer enormously.
Often, expert orthopaedic care cannot be provided to the
haemophilia patient because of the constraint of lack of clotting
factor provision for economic reasons.