How can bleeding be prevented in the affected dog when surgery is necessary?
Factor XI deficient dogs may not excessively bleed at each surgery or after each trauma. However, they are at increased risk of bleeding. Therefore, the veterinary surgeons utmost attention to hemostasis is important. Furthermore, fresh frozen plasma or cryopoor plasma could be used in severe cases of hemorrhage or preventatively when delicate neuron or other surgery is performed and any bleeding is undesirable and difficult to control.
