Objectives: This study investigates whether the intra-operative administration of intravenous tranexamic acid (TXA), known for its hemostatic and potential anti-inflammatory properties, affects the incidence of heterotopic ossification (HO) following surgery for elbow fracture-dislocations.
Methods: Design: Prospective, randomized clinical trial.
Setting: Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Unit.
Patient Selection Criteria: Patients aged 18 to 75 years with acute traumatic elbow fracture-dislocations requiring surgical management from June 1, 2016, to October 31, 2022, were eligible. Inclusion criteria included traumatic non-pathological elbow fracture-dislocations. Patients were randomized 1:1 to receive either intraoperative TXA or no additional treatment.
Outcome Measures And Comparisons: The primary outcome was the occurrence of heterotopic ossification (HO), defined by new bone formation observed in radiographic exams during postoperative follow-ups. Secondary outcomes included the presence of clinically relevant HO, reoperation rate due to symptomatic HO, and time to HO reoperation. Compared were patients who received TXA with controls.
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J Orthop Trauma
January 2025
The Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Unit, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tzrifin, Israel.
Objectives: This study investigates whether the intra-operative administration of intravenous tranexamic acid (TXA), known for its hemostatic and potential anti-inflammatory properties, affects the incidence of heterotopic ossification (HO) following surgery for elbow fracture-dislocations.
Methods: Design: Prospective, randomized clinical trial.
Setting: Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Unit.
Int J Pharm
January 2025
Key Laboratory of Bone Tissue Regeneration and Digital Medicine, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221006 Jiangsu, China; Department of Orthopedics, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221006 Jiangsu, China. Electronic address:
Background: Heterotopic ossification (HO) is characterized by abnormal bone formation outside the skeleton following injury or inherited disease, leading to limb dysfunction and neurological deficits. Current treatment options for HO are largely ineffective.
Methods: A network pharmacological analysis was conducted to identify the active ingredients and protein targets in Astragalus and Cinnamon Twig Five-Substance Decoction (ACTFSD) on HO.
Sci Rep
January 2025
Department of Orthopaedics, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, 329-0498, Japan.
Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the vertebral column (OPLL) is a disease characterised by ectopic bone formation in the spinal ligament that causes progressive neurological impairment. However, there are no suitable treatments for OPLL. Here, we compared the general characteristics and haemostasis of patients with OPLL and those with cervical spondylotic myelopathy.
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January 2025
Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an China.
Study Design/setting: A retrospective cohort study.
Objective: To compare long-term outcomes and complications of cervical disc replacement (CDR) and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) with cage-plate constructs (CPC) and stand-alone (SA) cages in treating degenerative cervical spondylosis.
Summary Of Background Data: ACDF is commonly used for cervical radiculopathy but may increase adjacent segment degeneration (ASD).
Expert Opin Pharmacother
January 2025
Amsterdam University Medical Center (Amsterdam UMC), location VU University Medical Center (VUMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Introduction: Palovarotene is a retinoic acid receptor gamma agonist that was studied in phase-2 and phase-3 clinical trials for the inhibition of new heterotopic ossification (HO) in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP). Despite numerous setbacks and regulatory delays, palovarotene is now the first approved FOP treatment in the U.S.
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