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Total Knee Arthroplasty Complicated by a Severe Heterotopic Ossification: A Case Report
Antonio Spinarelli1 , Massimiliano Carrozzo1 , Massimiliano Teti1 , Vittorio Nappi1 , Biagio Moretti1
1- Department of Neuroscience and Organs of Sense, Orthopaedic and Traumatology Unit, University of Bari, General Hospital, Bari, Italy
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Introduction: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) associated with heterotopic ossifications (HOs) are rare occurrences despite the relatively frequent surgery procedure of the hip arthroplasty. Up to present, different types of treatment were described in the literature.
Keywords: Heterotopic Ossification, Cox-2, Early Surgical Removal
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Subject: Knee surgery
Received: 2019/09/9 | Accepted: 2016/05/15 | Published: 2016/05/15
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