[Heterotopic ossifications: a severe complication following extensive burn injury]

Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir. 2007 Oct;39(5):360-3. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-965323.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Heterotopic ossifications in periarticular tissue can appear after severe head injury, spine trauma or local joint trauma. Following extensive burns, heterotopic ossifications are a rare, severe complication with an unclear pathogenesis. We report one case with this kind of complication in a 50-year old male patient who sustained full and partial thickness burn injuries over 60 % of the body. The thermal injury was accompanied by a severe inhalation injury.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Ankylosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Ankylosis / etiology*
  • Ankylosis / surgery
  • Arm Injuries / complications*
  • Arm Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Arm Injuries / surgery
  • Blast Injuries / complications*
  • Blast Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Blast Injuries / surgery
  • Burn Units
  • Burns / complications*
  • Burns / diagnostic imaging
  • Burns / surgery
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / complications*
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / diagnostic imaging
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / surgery
  • Debridement
  • Elbow Joint* / diagnostic imaging
  • Elbow Joint* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Ossification, Heterotopic / diagnostic imaging
  • Ossification, Heterotopic / etiology*
  • Ossification, Heterotopic / surgery
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Radiography
  • Range of Motion, Articular / physiology
  • Recurrence
  • Reoperation
  • Skin Transplantation
  • Thoracic Injuries / complications*
  • Thoracic Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Thoracic Injuries / surgery