Early osteonecrosis of the adult femoral head can be an elusive problem to diagnose. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of nontraumatic presentations of groin pain and in those ...

My mom is 61. She started having hip pain and figured it meant a hip replacement surgery at some point in the future. When she saw her doctor, the tests showed osteonecrosis, and the surgery had to ...

The treatment of hormone-induced early-stage avascular necrosis of the femoral head (ANFH) with transplantation of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)-transgenic bone marrow stromal stem cells (BMSCs) was ...

Members of the Division of Orthopedics of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto continue to maintain that a single short course of corticosteroid medication contributes to avascular necrosis of the ...

Osteonecrosis of the femoral head remains a challenging condition in young patients and often results in total hip arthroplasty. I believe it is time for an Orthopedics Today Round Table on recent ...

Many authors believe that the integrity of the articular cartilage is an important factor in the successful treatment of AVN by bone grafting. [2,3,13,14] Malizos et al [3] reported a series of eight ...

Core decompression surgery is a newer surgical procedure compared with standard total hip replacement, and it has shown promising results. 11 Unfortunately, the disadvantage of this procedure is that ...

Background. A meta-analysis was performed to assess the association between healing rate, avascular necrosis (AVN) of femoral head and two reductions-open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) and closed ...

With improved survival after chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), it is imperative to maintain good quality of life as part of the management of post-therapy adverse effects. Avascular ...

A 30-year-old kitesurfer underwent a pioneering hip resurfacing procedure after mistaking severe hip pain for an old injury.