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a forearm fracture, 20% of patients will likely develop HO as a complication. In patients that suffered a femoral shaft fracture, that percentage jumps to 52% of patients. However, HO is even more common in military members that suffered combat related injuries. Military patients that suffered any combat related trauma were likely to have HO as a complication 68% of the time; that number increases to 86% if they had a concomitant traumatic brain injury

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