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.
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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)
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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)
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