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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Modified Brooker staging system

From: Selective versus non-selective NSAIDs as prophylaxis for heterotopic ossification following hip arthroplasty: a meta-analysis

Class

Radiographic findings

Grade 0

No sign of heterotopic ossification

Grade I

Bony islands in the soft tissue around the hip

Grade II

Exophytes in the pelvis or proximal end of the femur with at least 1 cm between opposing bone surfaces

Grade III

Exophytes in the pelvis or proximal end of the femur with less than 1 cm between opposing bone surfaces

Grade IV

Bony ankylosis between proximal femur and pelvis