title: Postoperative heterotopic ossification in the child with cerebral palsy: three case reports.
abstract: Three children with cerebral palsy and mental retardation showed irritability after surgical procedures. They were subsequently diagnosed as having heterotopic ossification. Heterotopic ossification developed around the hip in all cases--two after bilateral adductor releases at the operative site and the third after spinal fusion at a site unrelated to the surgery.
authors.affiliation: Alfred I. duPont Institute, Wilmington, DE 19899.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Steg
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: McHugh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000534:rehabilitation; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011859:Radiography