Prevalence of Heterotopic Ossification Following Total Disc Replacement

by P. Justin Tortolani, Bryan W. Cunningham, MMech Eng, Paul C. McAfee, Gwen A. Holsapple, and Karen A. Adams

J Bone Joint Surg AmVolume 89(1):82-88

January 1, 2007

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P. Justin Tortolani et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2007;89:82-88

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P. Justin Tortolani et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2007;89:82-88

©2007 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Anteroposterior radiograph demonstrating Class-II heterotopic ossification between the vertebral end plates (arrows) in a patient twenty-four months after implantation of a CHARITÉ Artificial

Disc at the L4-L5 level.

P. Justin Tortolani et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2007;89:82-88

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P. Justin Tortolani et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2007;89:82-88

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P. Justin Tortolani et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2007;89:82-88

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Preoperative and postoperative Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scores for patients with and without heterotopic ossification (HO).

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Preoperative and postoperative visual analog scores (VAS) for patients with and without heterotopic ossification (HO).

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Computed tomography scan made four years postoperatively through the L4-L5 disc space of a patient who was seen to have Class-I heterotopic ossification on plain radiographs.

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