Extensive spinal osteophytosis as a risk factor for heterotopic bone formation after total hip arthroplasty.

Abstract

Observations on 54 patients present circumstantial evidence of a relationship between an underlying spinal ossifying diathesis and the heterotopic bone formation following total hip arthroplasty. This relationship should be investigated in a larger patient population to determine whether a spine-hip diathesis exists and could account for some patients with this complication. If it can be statistically substantiated, spinal roentgenograms may provide a preoperative screening procedure for the identification of "a population at risk" of heterotopic bone formation who might benefit from a prophylactic medical regimen.

• Authors: J P Blasingame, D Resnick, R D Coutts, L A Danzig
• Journal: Clinical orthopaedics and related research (Clin Orthop Relat Res) 1981 Nov-Dec Issue 161 Pg. 191-7 ISSN: 0009-921X [Print] United States
• PMID: 6796321 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Age Factors
• Aged
• Female
• Hip Joint (pathology)
• Hip Prosthesis (adverse effects)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Ossification, Heterotopic (complications)
• Osteoarthritis (surgery)
• Osteogenesis
• Radiography
• Risk
• Spinal Osteophytosis (classification, diagnostic imaging, etiology)