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Avascular Necrosis of Femoral Head

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation, 2013
Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head is a relatively uncommon complication following an extracapsular hip fracture. Although it can occur following fixation of unstable 3-part or 4-part intertrochanteric fractures with significant posteromedial ...
Ravi Mallina MRCS, Feroz Dinah FRCS
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Quantitative contrast enhanced dual energy CT to predict avascular necrosis: a feasibility study of proximal humerus fractures

BMC Medical Imaging, 2021
Background Avascular necrosis is a delayed complication of proximal humerus fractures that increases the likelihood of poor clinical outcomes. CT scans are routinely performed to guide proximal humerus fracture management.
Kevin B. Hoover, Alexandria O. Starks, Valentina Robila, Daniel L. Riddle   +3 more
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Comorbidities in aging patients with sickle cell disease. [PDF]

, 2018
Sickle cell disease (SCD) in general and sickle cell anemia in particular is a highly complex disorder both at the molecular and clinical levels. Although the molecular lesion is a single-point mutation, the sickle gene is pleiotropic in nature causing ...
Ballas, Samir K.
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NECROSIS OF THE FEMORAL HEAD AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS [PDF]

Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, 2018
Objective: To verify the impact of avascular necrosis of the femoral head on the quality of life of children and adolescents with Perthes disease and sickle cell disease.
Marcos Almeida Matos, Luanne Lisle dos Santos Silva, Giordano Bruno Alves, Walter Silva de Alcântara Júnior, Davi Veiga   +4 more
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Efficacy of autologous bone marrow buffy coat grafting combined with core decompression in patients with avascular necrosis of femoral head: a prospective, double-blinded, randomized, controlled study [PDF]

, 2014
Introduction Avascular necrosis of femoral head (ANFH) is a progressive disease that often leads to hip joint dysfunction and even disability in young patients.
Bulsara, Max, Gu, Honglin, Jiang, Qing, Liao, Junxing, Lin, Xinpeng, Ma, Yuanchen, Wang, Tao, Zheng, Minghao, Zheng, Qiujian   +8 more
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AAPT Diagnostic Criteria for Chronic Sickle Cell Disease Pain [PDF]

, 2017
Pain in sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and high health care costs. Although episodic acute pain is the hallmark of this disorder, there is an increasing awareness that chronic pain is part of the pain ...
Aguilar, Ameringer, Ballas, Ballas, Ballas, Barakat, Bediako, Brandow, Brandow, Bruehl, Campbell, Campbell, Carlton Dampier, Carroll, Carroll, Carroll, Crawford, Dampier, Dampier, Dampier, Dampier, Dampier, Dampier, Darbari, Darbari, Darbari, DeBaun, Deepika S. Darbari, Dworkin, Dyson, Edwards, Fillingim, Fillingim, Franck, Gil, Gil, Hassell, Hoff, Houston-Yu, Igbineweka, Jonassaint, Kathryn Hassell, Kato, Kauf, Koshy, Levenson, Lewandowski, Long, Mahadeo, Maixner, Mathur, McClish, Milner, Minniti, Minniti, Myrvik, Niebanck, Palermo, Palermo, Palermo, Paul, Platt, Powars, Raphael, Savitt, Schwartz, Serarslan, Serjeant, Shapiro, Sil, Smith, Smith, Sogutlu, Steinberg, Taylor, Tonya M. Palermo, Tsao, Turk, Valrie, Vance, Vardeh, Walco, Walco, Wallen, Wally Smith, Wilkie, William Zempsky, Wison Schaeffer, Yawn, Zempsky   +89 more
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Characterization of an Injectable Poly(vinyl alcohol)‐gelatin Hydrogel for Growth Factor Delivery in an Orthopedic Application

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces photo‐crosslinkable tyraminated poly(vinyl alcohol)‐gelatin (PVA‐GT) hydrogels as tunable injectable platforms for tissue engineering and growth factor delivery applications. This schematic illustrates the two developed hydrogel formulations and the experimental workflow used to evaluate their physico‐chemical properties in vitro ...
Alessia Longoni, Gretel S. Major, Sam Arnold, Samuel Tomkins, Eugenia Spessot, Scott Loeffler, Kieran Lau, Richard Tan, Jessica Harte, Roslyn Kemp, Tess Reynolds, Jelena Rnjak‐Kovacina, Gary J. Hooper, Tim B. F. Woodfield, David C. Kieser, Khoon S. Lim   +15 more
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Mathematical biomedicine and modeling avascular tumor growth [PDF]

, 2012
In this chapter we review existing continuum models of avascular tumor growth, explaining howthey are inter related and the biophysical insight that they provide.
Byrne, H. M.
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Sculpting the Future of Bone: The Evolution of Absorbable Materials in Orthopedics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the current status of polymeric, ceramic, and metallic absorbable materials in orthopedic applications, and highlights several innovative strategies designed to enhance mechanical performance, control degradation, and promote bioactivity. We also discuss the progress and translational potential of absorbable materials in treating
Zhao Wang, Zehui Lv, Xuejie Cai, Yingjie Wang, Bo Peng, Haojing Xu, Hualuo Pang, Xingdong Yang, Jiawei Xu, Yixin Bian, Bin Feng, Peng Wen, Yufeng Zheng, Xisheng Weng   +13 more
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Avascular Necrosis of Femoral Head: A Retrospective Study of MRI Scans [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019
Introduction: Avascular necrosis of the femoral head is commonly encountered now-a-days with increasing use of steroids and alcohol. MRI is considered the most effective diagnostic investigation for avascular necrosis and is helpful for screening and ...
Prateek Singh Gehlot, Kajal Agrawal, Ritema Mangal, Varsha Sodani   +3 more
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