Preoperative, single-fraction irradiation for prophylaxis of heterotopic ossification after total hip arthroplasty

The use of radiation to discourage ectopic bone. A nine-year study in surgery about the hip.

Mark B. Coventry, Paul W. Scanlon · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · 1981 · 294 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgery +13

Prevention of heterotopic ossification after total hip replacement

D. Knelles, Thomas Barthel, A. Karrer et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume · 1997 · 150 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgery +11

Prevention of heterotopic ossification about the hip: Final results of two randomized trials in 410 patients using either preoperative or postoperative radiation therapy

M. H. Seegenschmiedt, Ludwig Keilholz, Peter Martus et al. · International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 1997 · 147 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +13

Randomized trial comparing preoperative versus postoperative irradiation for prevention of Heterotopic ossification following prosthetic total hip replacement: Preliminary results

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Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +12

Preoperative Irradiation for Prevention of Heterotopic Ossification following Total Hip Arthroplasty*

Vincent D. Pellegrini, Steven J. Gregoritch · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · 1996 · 113 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +9