Abstract

SARMENTO, Marco. Cacificações Heterotópicas. Rev. Port. Ortop. Traum. [online]. 2016, vol.24, n.1, pp.26-36. ISSN 1646-2122.

Heterotopic calcifications are frequent complication of traumatic events of bones and muscles, central and medular nervous system and elective surgeries in orthopaedics practice. The presence of osteogenic stem cells with an inductive stimulus in a osteoconductive field are strong predictors for heterotopic calcification formation, with a great variability of clinical spectrum and gives an important range of motion limitation. The knowledge of the most frequent clinical diagnosis that contribute to the formation of heterotopic calcifications is crucial to introduce prophylactic measures, pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic. The surgical procedure is the only measure that demonstrated to be efficacious in the treatment of heterotopic calcifications and its peri-articular complications.

Keywords : heterotopic calcification; total hip arthroplasty; acetabular fractures; peri-elbow fractures; radiotherapy; NSAIDs.

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