Postoperative radiotherapy in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: prophylaxis of recurrence after resection of osteophytes from C3 to C5 in a case of dysphagia

Florian F P Proescholdt; Markus M M Markart; Wolfgang W E Ertel

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjt124

Postoperative radiotherapy in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: prophylaxis of recurrence after resection of osteophytes from C3 to C5 in a case of dysphagia

J Surg Case Rep. 2014 Jan 27;2014(1):rjt124. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjt124.

Authors

Florian F P Proescholdt¹, Markus M M Markart², Wolfgang W E Ertel²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Traumatology and Special Orthopaedic Surgery, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany florian.proescholdt@charite.de.
² Department of Traumatology and Special Orthopaedic Surgery, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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.

Publication types

Case Reports