Heterotopic ossification in combat amputees from Afghanistan and Iraq wars: Five case histories and results from a small series of patients

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Melcer, Ted ^a   Belnap, Brian ^a   Jay Walker, G ^b   Konoske, Paula ^a   Galarneau, Michael ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan war; Amputation; Blast injury; Combat amputee; Heterotopic ossification; Iraq war; Physical medicine; Prosthesis; Radiograph; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; AMPUTATION; BLAST INJURY; COMBAT AMPUTEE; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; IRAQ WAR; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPH; REHABILITATION;

MEDICINE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS;

ETIDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAQ; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION STUMPS; AMPUTEES; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951502179     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2010.03.0033     Document Type: Article

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