What treatment fields do use for heterotopic ossification prophylaxis?

This is what I was told at HSS- Bridging ossification between the greater trochanter and pelvic bones locks the leg- this is the most important area to cover. Bridging ossifcation between the lesser trochanter and pelvic bones, I believe, presents a much more minor impairment. You dont have to block...

In East Orange VA we still treat a fair number of HO types pre-operatively at 700cGy each with photons. As to what to treat, we treat to include the soft tissue areas of the anterior inferior illiac spine and the greater trochanter. If you look at the Brooker's staging diagrams, the anatomy of HO, w...

Agree - Drs. Balboni of Harvard (2006 and 2007) and Kronski (1990) have conflicting conclusions in their reports where Dr. Balboni's retrospective data showed no difference with acetabular blocking in terms of failures, or not. However, Kronski showed that there was transient slowed bone regrowth in...