Extensive Heterotopic Ossification After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

by Brad Aspey, Howard Young Park, and Roger Ostrander

JBJS Case ConnectVolume 5(3):e66August 12, 2015

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Preoperative radiograph of the right shoulder.

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Preoperative coronal T1-weighted MRI of the right shoulder.

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Radiograph of the right shoulder obtained five months after the arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, showing extensive heterotopic ossification.

Brad Aspey et al. JBJS Case Connect 2015;5:e66

©2015 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Brad Aspey et al. JBJS Case Connect 2015;5:e66

©2015 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Brad Aspey et al. JBJS Case Connect 2015;5:e66

©2015 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Brad Aspey et al. JBJS Case Connect 2015;5:e66

©2015 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Brad Aspey et al. JBJS Case Connect 2015;5:e66

©2015 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Brad Aspey et al. JBJS Case Connect 2015;5:e66

©2015 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Brad Aspey et al. JBJS Case Connect 2015;5:e66

©2015 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Shoulder radiograph obtained ten months after the excision of the heterotopic ossification, showing no substantial recurrence.

Brad Aspey et al. JBJS Case Connect 2015;5:e66

©2015 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.