2008 Management of Elbow Ankylosis in a Head Injured Patient With Floating Elbow Injury

Description: The literature is devoid of any report concerning ectopic bone formation in traumatic brain injury with simultaneous bony trauma to the affected arm. This article presents a case of a patient with a chronic rigidly ankylosed elbow secondary to heterotopic ossification, after suffering a traumatic brain injury, complex periarticular elbow fractures, and an ipsilateral segmental forearm fracture.
Alejandro Badia, MD; Mario I. Quiros, BS; Prakash Khanchandani, MS ORTHOPEDICS June 1, 2008 Full text