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Bleeding prophylaxis in a child with cleft palate and factor VII deficiency: a case report.
2006
Bleeding prophylaxis in a child with cleft palate and factor VII deficiency: a case report. Pirrello R, Siragusa S, Giambona C, D'Arpa S, Cordova A, Moschella F. Source Dipartimento di Discipline Chirurgiche ed Oncologiche, Sezione di Chirurgia Plastica e Ricostruttiva, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Abstract The association between factor VII deficiency and cleft palate has never been described. The case of a child with cleft palate and factor VII deficiency who successfully underwent palatoplasty is described in this article. To allow surgical treatment, through maintenance of a normal prothrombin time, the patient was given 15 microg/kg of recombinant factor VIIa every 12 hours, …