Radiation Therapy for Prevention of Heterotopic Ossification about the Elbow

Heyd, R; Buhleier, T; Zamboglou, N

dc.contributor.author	Heyd, R	en
dc.contributor.author	Buhleier, T	en
dc.contributor.author	Zamboglou, N	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:31:59Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:31:59Z
dc.date.issued	2009	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/20002
dc.subject	Adverse Effect	en
dc.subject	Functional Impairment	en
dc.subject	Functional Outcome	en
dc.subject	Radiation Therapy	en
dc.subject	Heterotopic Ossification	en
dc.subject	Risk Factors	en
dc.title	Radiation Therapy for Prevention of Heterotopic Ossification about the Elbow	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1007/s00066-009-1968-x	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00066-009-1968-x	en
heal.publicationDate	2009	en
heal.abstract	Purpose: To evaluate the radiologic and functional outcome after prophylactic radiation therapy (RT) for prevention of heterotopic ossification (HO) about the elbow joint. Patients and Methods: 20 patients with symptomatic HO were treated using perioperative single-dose RT of 7.0 Gy. 15 patients had excision of preexisting functionally relevant HO, and received RT for prevention of a recurrence, and five patients	en
heal.journalName	Strahlentherapie Und Onkologie	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s00066-009-1968-x	en