title: Effects of ethylhydroxydiphosphonate (EHDP) on heterotopic ossification.
abstract: The effect of EHDP medication was studied in 25 patients in whom heterotopic ossifications around the hip (19 cases) and elsewhere were resected. EHDP seemed to have a favorable effect on prevention of reossification and on function, particularly when ectopic ossifications were resected after total hip replacement. In all the patients, EHDP administration postponed mineralization of osteoid.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004551:Elbow Joint; D012968:Etidronic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006621:Hip Joint; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D012968:Etidronic Acid