Severe heterotopic ossification after a shoulder arthroscopy : a rare clinical presentation.

We report a case of a 65-year old Caucasian man with a slow and painful recovery after arthroscopic shoulder surgery encompassing rotator cuff repair, biceps tenotomy and acromioplasty, with recurrence of impingement symptoms unresponsive to conservative therapy (physiotherapy and one sub- acromial injection). He developed a severe heterotopic ossification at the acromial insertion of the deltoid and in the coraco-acromial ligament. This was successfully treated by arthroscopic excision of the lesion and postoperative prophylactic therapy with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. PMID: 32490788 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Acta Orthopaedica Belgica - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Acta Orthop Belg Source Type: research