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2021, Vol. 3, Issue 1, Part A
Bilateral heterotopic ossification of the hip in a patient COVID19: A case report
Author(s): José Manuel Valiente Valero, Juan José Sáez Picó, Adriano Amaro Bueno, Rafael Alcala Santaella, Ana Bailén García and Carmen Medina López
Abstract: We present the case of a 62-year-old man who, after suffering a severe COVID infection, spent 45 days in the intensive care unit. He developed bilateral heterotopic calcifications in his hips and within a few months a complete joint ankylosis. The surgery consisted of resection of most of the heterotopic ossification using a posterolaterally surgical approach in the right hip until restoring mobility to the joint intraoperatively. It is necessary to develop studies to determine if heterotopic ossifications are related to the viral infection itself, hypoxia, the need for invasive mechanical ventilation, immobility, or other causes in order to establish a prevention strategy for this type of complications.
DOI: 10.22271/27078345.2021.v3.i1a.40
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José Manuel Valiente Valero, Juan José Sáez Picó, Adriano Amaro Bueno, Rafael Alcala Santaella, Ana Bailén García, Carmen Medina López. Bilateral heterotopic ossification of the hip in a patient COVID19: A case report. Int J Case Rep Orthop 2021;3(1):09-11. DOI: 10.22271/27078345.2021.v3.i1a.40
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