title: Symptomatic myositis ossificans following computer navigated total knee replacement: a complication of fixed femoral marker placement.
abstract: Myositis ossificans is a rare cause of pain following knee arthroplasty. We describe a 72-year-old woman who developed symptomatic early onset myositis ossificans at the femoral marker pin site following navigated knee arthroplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road, Woolwich, London SE18 4QH, UK. hba999@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hani B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Abdul-Jabar
authors.forename: Surjit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lidder
authors.forename: Sarah W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Huf
authors.forename: Amitava
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dutta
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D001706:Biopsy; D001858:Bone Nails / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D009221:Myositis Ossificans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted