Open AccessHow Can We Differentiate Local Recurrence From Heterotopic Ossification After Resection and Implantation of an Oncologic Knee Prosthesis in Patients with a Bone Sarcoma?
Author(s) -
Khodamorad Jamshidi,
Abolfazl Bagherifard,
Hamadalla Hadi Al-Baseesee,
Alireza Mirzaei
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000001539
Subject(s) - medicine , heterotopic ossification , prosthesis , surgery , bone sarcoma , sarcoma , ossification , presentation (obstetrics) , osteosarcoma , radiography , arthroplasty , hemipelvectomy , knee joint , resection , soft tissue , pathology
Heterotopic ossification (HO) is common after total joint arthroplasty and usually does not cause diagnostic problems. However, the occurrence of HO after oncologic prostheses implantation can be troublesome as it may mimic a locally recurrent tumor. Because this distinction could have a profound impact on the surgeon and patient, it is important to distinguish the two entities; to our knowledge, no study has evaluated this after oncologic endoprosthetic reconstruction around the knee after tumor resection.