Conservative treatment of avascular necrosis of the femoral head (literature review)
Introduction Avascular necrosis of the femoral head is a debilitating disease affecting people of working age and having an important medical and social role. Total hip arthroplasty is the only effective treatment for late stages of necrosis.
Mikhail A. Panin +5 more
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Steroid induced osteonecrosis: An analysis of steroid dosing risk. [PDF]
Osteonecrosis is a serious condition involving bone destruction that frequently requires surgical treatment to rebuild the joint. While there is an abundance of literature documenting corticosteroid related osteonecrosis, there is no consensus as to the ...
Chang, Christopher +4 more
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AVASCULAR NECROSIS OF THE FEMORAL HEAD AFTER COVID-19: A CASE REPORT
Avascular necrosis of the femoral head can traumatic or non-traumatic in origin. Embolism (hemoglobinopathies, dysbaric osteonecrosis), corticosteroid treatment, alcohol usage, pelvic irradiation, and genetic susceptibility are among the causes of this ...
Ilke Coskun Benlidayi +2 more
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Prospective five-year subsidence analysis of a cementless fully hydroxyapatite-coated femoral hip arthroplasty component [PDF]
Early subsidence >1.5 mm is considered to be a predictive factor for later aseptic loosening of the femoral component following total hip arthroplasty (THA).
Clauss, M +2 more
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Outcomes of total hip arthroplasty, as a salvage procedure, following failed internal fixation of intracapsular fractures of the femoral neck: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
AIMS: The optimal management of intracapsular fractures of the femoral neck in independently mobile patients remains open to debate. Successful fixation obviates the limitations of arthroplasty for this group of patients.
Archibeck MJ +21 more
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Background Osteonecrosis of the femoral head is a degenerative condition linked to corticosteroids, alcoholism, or trauma. With its rising prevalence due to increased hormone drug use and its debilitating effects on young to middle-aged individuals ...
Haotian Zheng +4 more
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Microrna-206 induces hypoxic necrosis of femoral head by inhibiting VEGF/PI3K/AKT signaling pathway
The most common form of non-traumatic necrosis of the femoral head is anoxic necrosis of the femoral head, which is a metabolic disease, mainly involving young and middle-aged people.
Xingjing Wu, Zhoushan Tao, Wenjing Cheng
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Dose-dependent new bone formation by extracorporeal shock wave application on the intact femur of rabbits [PDF]
Background: Whereas various molecular working mechanisms of shock waves have been demonstrated, no study has assessed in detail the influence of varying energy flux densities (EFD) on new bone formation in vivo. Methods: Thirty Chinchilla bastard rabbits
Hausdorf, J. +6 more
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Operative treatment for pincer type femoroacetabular impingement:a case report [PDF]
Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a condition characterized by the impingement of the femur and acetabulum. In Japan, this disorder has become recognized gradually.
Endo, Hirosuke +6 more
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Purpose Lovastatin is an important medicine and it shows a significant effect against glucocorticoid-induced necrosis of the femoral head. This study aimed to investigate the effect of lovastatin on preventing necrosis of the femoral head of by serum ...
Xiangnan Ren +5 more
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