Indomethacin for prevention of heterotopic ossification after hip arthroplasty: A randomized comparison between 4 and 8 days of treatment |
| |
| Authors: | Ulrich Dorn Claude Grethen Harald Effenberger Hans Berka Thomas Ramsauer Thomas Drekonja |
| |
| Affiliation: | a Orthopedic Department, Salzburg General Hospital, Mullner Hauptstrasse 48, Salzburg, Austria |
| |
| Abstract: | In a randomized, parallel group study, we evaluated the efficacy of a 4-day versus an 8-day course of indomethacin (50 mg, 3 times per day), given as prophylaxis against heterotopic ossification after formation. cementless total hip arthroplasty in 209 patients with arthrosis. Patients receiving the prophylaxis for 8 days had less (p = 0.03) severe heterotopic bone |
| |
| Keywords: | |
| 本文献已被 InformaWorld 等数据库收录！ |
|
