The treatment of immature heterotopic ossification in spinal cord injury with combination surgery, radiation therapy and NSAID

Spinal Cord

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-53

  Freebourn, T M ^a   Barber, D B ^a,b   Able, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Dept of Rehabilitation Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Heterotopic ossification; Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agents; Radiation therapy; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RESECTION; CASE REPORT; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SITTING; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0033065924     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100719     Document Type: Article

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