Prophylaxis of heterotopic ossification in patients sedated after polytrauma: Medical and ethical considerations

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 212-217

  Oertel, Susanne ^a,c   Schneider, Uwe ^b   Keel, Marius ^a   Lütolf, Urs Martin ^a   Bosshard, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetabular fracture; Heterotopic ossification; Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs); Prophylactic irradiation

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FRACTURE NONUNION; GASTRIC ULCER BLEEDING; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKEMIA; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OLIGOSPERMIA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SOLID TUMOR; STOMACH PERFORATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 41949126066     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-008-1757-y     Document Type: Article

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