title: Serum alkaline phosphatase in heterotopic para-articular ossification after total hip replacement.
abstract: Estimations of serum alkaline phosphatase were carried out prospectively on a series of patients having a total hip replacement. The levels of serum alkaline phosphatase before operation indicated a group of patients who subsequently developed heterotopic ossification. Levels of this enzyme after operation did not indicate those patients who were developing heterotopic ossification.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase