PMID: 9160948May 1, 1997Paper

Early excision of heterotopic ossification about the elbow followed by radiation therapy

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume
J A McAuliffe, A H Wolfson

Abstract

We reviewed the results, in eight patients, of excision of heterotopic ossification about the elbow performed three to ten months (average, seven months) after the initial injury and followed by radiation therapy to prevent recurrence. The etiology of the heterotopic ossification included a neurological (head or spinal cord) injury in five patients and a local injury (fracture or fracture-dislocation) of the elbow in three patients. The average preoperative arc of motion of the three joints that were capable of motion was 12 degrees (5, 10, and 20 degrees); the remaining five joints were fixed in an average of 56 degrees (range, 10 to 90 degrees) of flexion. All of the patients received a total dose of radiation of 1000 centigray, divided into five fractions. The radiation therapy was instituted on the first postoperative day, and at least three of the remaining four treatments were administered on consecutive days. Radiation therapy was not performed on the weekend, so the five fractions were administered over the course of seven days. At an average of forty-six months (range, twenty-five to seventy-two months), the arc of motion averaged 103 degrees, which compared favorably with the 121-degree arc of motion that had been att...Continue Reading

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