This week we are going to discuss a very rare but present danger to the hip joint which can be career-ending for an athlete as well as joint ending for you and me — avascular necrosis. Avascular as ...

Avascular necrosis or Osteonecrosis is death of a bone due to ischaemia or deficient blood supply. This can have serious consequences like degenerative changes and disabling osteoarthritis of the ...

We agree with Allan Knight that avascular necrosis was reported long before corticosteroids were introduced and that it remains to some extent a disorder of unknown origin. There are cases of ...

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 ...

Hip replacement surgery is important when it comes to managing people with avascular necrosis. Avascular necrosis happens when there is a death of bone tissue because of a lack of blood supply. It is ...

The purposes of this study were to evaluate how accurately current imaging modalities predict the quality of the articular surface in avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head and to provide ...

A notable increase in the number of cases of Avascular Necrosis (death of bone tissue due to a lack of blood supply) in post-COVID patients, as per Dr Kalyan Banerjee's Clinic. Here's what you need 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 ...

COVID has affected the overall health of an infected individual and caused the whole world to suffer. It has caused individuals energy drain, money drain, health drain etc. Health drain includes a ...