{
  "abstract": "An adult male in his 60s underwent resuscitative thoracotomy for blunt traumatic arrest after a motorcycle crash. He subsequently underwent surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) to stabilize the flail chest present at the time of resuscitative thoracotomy, and additional rib fractures sustained during Finochietto placement. He presented 12 months post injury with persistent dyspnea and a restrictive sensation in his left chest. Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) demonstrated extrinsic restrictive pulmonary physiology ( table 1). Subsequent CT chest with intravenous contrast demonstrated heterotopic ossification (HO) of his left chest wall involving the previously placed extrathoracic titanium implants with unicortical screw fixation (figure 1).",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Ariel Whitney Knight"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Mitchell Anderson"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Elham Rahimy"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Joseph Forrester"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Chest wall heterotopic ossification causing restrictive physiology after resuscitative thoracotomy and surgical stabilization of rib fractures: a report and review",
  "uid": "8280be69-ba08-5c4a-98db-10384001a64f"
}