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Radiation Oncology • Non-malignant Disease
Do you treat pre- or post-operatively for HO prophylaxis?
What is your approach to deciding when to treat these patients? Or is it solely dependent on when surgeons refer them?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
At our institution, we typically treat postoperatively rather than preoperatively, although many studies have shown preoperative to be as effective as postoperative. That said, there is one study by Seegenschmeidt et al reported in IJROPB in 1997 that showed preopeartive was less effective for Broo...
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