Author:
Annunziato Jack,Shor Daniel,Parikh Shailesh
Abstract
Abstract
Heterotopic ossification (HO) is excess bone growth in soft tissues, typically juxta-articular and interfascicular, with varying incidence. This excess bone growth has been well-documented in cases of traumatic amputation but less frequently observed in cases of nontraumatic amputation. Symptomatic heterotopic ossification usually includes pain during prosthetic use with management involving prosthetic adjustments for comfort. This atypical case highlights a patient with a nontraumatic amputation and a proximal-oriented large spur formation that was not painful with ambulation but with doffing his prosthesis.
Subject
Complementary and alternative medicine,Complementary and Manual Therapy
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