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Case Reports
. 2020 Aug 12;4(4):1021-1025.
doi: 10.1016/j.jseint.2020.07.009. eCollection 2020 Dec.

A rare case of a patient with hemophilia presenting elbow-ankylosing heterotopic ossification: surgery and functional outcomes

Gianluigi Pasta  1 , Salvatore Annunziata  1 , Guido Forini  1 , Eugenio Jannelli  1 , Alessandro Minen  1 , Paola Preti  2 , Mario Mosconi  1 , Francesco Benazzo  1
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Case Reports

A rare case of a patient with hemophilia presenting elbow-ankylosing heterotopic ossification: surgery and functional outcomes

Gianluigi Pasta et al. JSES Int. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Hemophilia; complication; elbow; heterotopic ossification; surgery.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Preoperative radiographs (A, B) and 3D reconstruction (C-E) of right elbow heterotopic ossification; note the nonfusion area at the middle third.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Removed material, peripheral compact bone tissue resembling cortical bone with central trabeculae of lamellar bone formula image (A), portion of chondral tissue in the middle third portion formula image (B).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Postoperative radiograph in antero-posterior projection (A); postoperative radiograph in lateral projection (B).
Figure 4
Figure 4
Six-month postsurgery radiographs shows no evidence of heterotopic ossification recurrence; antero-posterior projection (A), lateral projection (B).
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