Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as a treatment for stage-I avascular necrosis of the femoral head

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-375

  Reis, N D ^a   Schwartz, O ^a   Militianu, D ^a   Ramon, Y ^a   Levin, D ^a   Norman, D ^a   Melamed, Y ^a,b   Shupak, A ^a,c   Goldsher, D ^a   Zinman, C ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Elisha Hospital   (Israel)

^c Israel Defence Forces   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037396442     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B3.13237     Document Type: Article

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