title: Postoperative radiotherapy in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: prophylaxis of recurrence after resection of osteophytes from C3 to C5 in a case of dysphagia.
abstract: In diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), recurrence of hyperostosis after surgical removal is common. While both non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and radiotherapy have been used in the prevention of heterotopic ossification, only NSAIDs have been applied for prophylaxis in DISH. As a previously undescribed prophylaxis of recurrence in DISH, we report a case treated with local radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traumatology and Special Orthopaedic Surgery, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany florian.proescholdt@charite.de.
authors.forename: Florian F P
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Proescholdt
authors.affiliation: Department of Traumatology and Special Orthopaedic Surgery, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Markus M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Markart
authors.affiliation: Department of Traumatology and Special Orthopaedic Surgery, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang W E
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Ertel