Heterotopic Ossification following Total Elbow Arthroplasty in a Patient with Parkinson’s Disease: Case Report and Literature Review

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Class</td><td class="align_center">Description and management</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Class I</td><td class="align_center">Subclinical; observation, physiotherapy, serial radiographs</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Class IIa</td><td class="align_center">Limited flexion/extension due to soft tissue or bony impingement; capsulotomy, release, lengthening</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Class IIb</td><td class="align_center">Limited pronation/supination due to soft tissue or bony impingement; capsulotomy, release, lengthening</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Class IIc</td><td class="align_center">Limited flexion/extension and pronation/supination due to soft tissue or bony impingement; capsulotomy, release, lengthening</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Class III</td><td class="align_center">Complete ankylosis with no motion; capsulotomy, release, lengthening</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Classification of upper extremity heterotopic ossification by Hastings and Graham [<a href="/journals/cris/2020/2068045/#B15" target="_blank">15</a>].</div>

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Table 1: Heterotopic Ossification following Total Elbow Arthroplasty in a Patient with Parkinson’s Disease: Case Report and Literature Review 