A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has discovered a protein that appears to be pivotal for traumatic heterotopic ossification (HO), a condition in which bone forms in muscles, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tranexamic acid may be indicated for the prevention of heterotopic ossification. Patients undergoing surgery for ...

For patients undergoing surgery for elbow trauma, treatment with the hemostatic drug tranexamic acid (TXA) is associated with a decreased incidence of heterotopic ossification (HO) – a common ...

This week, we are going to discuss a condition that occurs after trauma and surgery as well as after traumatic injuries to the head, neck and spine. The condition? Heterotopic ossification.

Individuals with severe injuries to their extremities often develop abnormal extra-skeletal bone in damaged or healing tissue, known as heterotopic ossification (HO). This post-traumatic abnormal ...

Marines and other military personnel who are wounded in combat as the result of a high-energy trauma, such as a bomb blast, are likely to develop an abnormality known as heterotopic ossification. In ...

Heterotopic ossification (HO) is the formation of extrinsic bone around a joint that has been subject to trauma, surgery, or in those with spinal cord injury and traumatic amputations. It seems the ...

Any length of stay in an ICU and a stay longer than 10 days in a nonICU following open reduction internal fixation of acetabular fractures was associated with development of heterotopic ossification, ...

Hip replacements, severe burns, spinal cord injuries, blast injuries, traumatic brain injuries--these seemingly disparate traumas can each lead to a painful complication during the healing process ...

June 21, 2023 – For patients undergoing surgery for elbow trauma, treatment with the hemostatic drug tranexamic acid (TXA) is associated with a decreased incidence of heterotopic ossification (HO) – a ...