… Heterotopic ossification is relatively uncommon after open shoulder surgery and
exceedingly rare after arthroscopic shoulder surgery 3 . We present a case of severe
heterotopic ossification after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. … A learning pearl from this
case report is that one should include heterotopic ossification in the differential diagnosis
when assessing a patient with decreased motion following rotator cuff repair and, in so
doing, obtain a radiograph, a relatively low-cost study. At ten months …