Open AccessA Surgical Protocol for Management of Post Traumatic Heterotopic Ossification of Elbow
Author(s) -
Dheenadhayalan Jayamaraju,
Aniruddha Sarkar,
Sudipta K Patra,
Siva Kumar Palanivelayutham,
Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.1007/s43465-021-00381-x
Subject(s) - medicine , heterotopic ossification , elbow , surgery , rehabilitation , ossification , physical therapy
Open excision remains the gold standard of treatment for posttraumatic heterotopic ossification (HO) of the elbow. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the functional outcome of early surgical excision done by adhering to a proposed surgical protocol with exclusive posttraumatic HO of the elbow.