Soft Tissue Complications
A 45-year-old male sustained an acetabular fracture in a motorcycle accident. He also suffered a severe traumatic brain injury and required prolonged ICU admission. He is now planned for open reduction internal fixation of the acetabulum through a Kocher-Langenbeck approach. The trauma team is discussing heterotopic ossification prophylaxis. Regarding heterotopic ossification (HO):
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Heterotopic ossification is mature lamellar bone forming in soft tissues where bone does not normall...
The Brooker classification grades HO severity around the hip: Grade I (islands of bone in soft tissu...
HO prophylaxis should be started 2-3 weeks after surgery once initial bone healing has occurred; ind...
Indomethacin 25mg TID for 6 weeks is the standard pharmacological prophylaxis; NSAIDs inhibit prosta...
Contraindications to NSAID prophylaxis include renal impairment, GI bleeding history, and concern fo...
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