Table 1.
Author | Moderate or severe radiographic HO (Brooker III and IV) | ||
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No prophylaxis or placebo | Indomethacin | Radiation | |
Current study | 21% (25/120) | ||
Karunakar et al. [13] | 19% (12/62) | 15% (9/59) | |
Letournel and Judet* [14] | 11% (31/281) | ||
Matta and Siebenrock† [15] | 5% (1/21) | 9% (3/32) | |
Burd et al. [6] | 11% (8/72) | 4% (3/78) |
* Letournel used Kocher-Langenbeck, no prophylaxis; †only includes patients treated through a posterior or extensile approach; HO = heterotopic ossification. Table provided by and modified with permission from SLACK Incorporated: Karunakar MA. Acetabular fractures: heterotopic ossification. In: Archdeacon MT, Anglen JO, Ostrum RF, Hersocovici D Jr. Prevention and Management of Common Fracture Complications. Thorofare, NJ, USA: Slack Inc; 2012:179–188.