Self‐conducted sonographic monitoring of the knee in patients with haemophilia—A feasibility study

Published on 06/11/2024

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Anna Christina Strauss¹, Natascha Marquardt², Johannes Oldenburg², Claus Christian Pieper¹, Ulrike Attenberger¹, Jamil Hmida³, Charlotte Rommelspacher³, Sebastian Koob³, Andreas Christian Strauss ³

¹ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology University of Bonn Bonn Germany
² Institute for Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine University of Bonn Bonn Germany
³ Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery University of Bonn Bonn Germany

Abstract

Introduction/aim To evaluate whether patients with haemophilia (PwH) can be enabled to perform ultrasonography (US) of their knees without supervision according to the Haemophilia Early Arthropathy Detection with Ultrasound (HEAD‐US) protocol and whether they would be able to recognize pathologies.
Methods Five PwH (mean age 29.6 years, range 20–48 years) were taught the use of a portable US device and the HEAD‐US protocol. Subsequently,...

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