Early Diagnosis and Intervention Strategies for Post-Traumatic Heterotopic Ossification in Severely Injured Extremities

Abstract

This study will recruit wounded warriors with severe extremity trauma, which places them at high risk for heterotopic ossification (HO); bone formation at abnormal sites, which causes pain, limits motion and/or limits the use of a prosthetic device. There are three goals: 1) to understand the mechanisms involved in HO; 2) to define accurate and practical methods to predict where HO will develop; and 3) to define potential therapies for prevention or mitigation of HO.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA613383

Entities

People

  • Jonathan Forsberg

Organizations

  • Geneva Foundation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amputees
  • Biomedical Research
  • Casualties
  • Connective Tissue
  • Databases
  • Gene Expression
  • Heterotopic Ossification
  • Intervention
  • Military Medicine
  • Osteogenesis
  • Patient Care
  • Prostheses And Implants
  • Residual Limbs
  • Surgical Amputations
  • Therapy
  • Tissues
  • X-Ray Computed Tomography

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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