Osteonecrosis of the femoral head

Orthopedics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Babis, George C ^a   Sakellariou, Vasileios ^a   Parvizi, Javad ^b   Soucacos, Panayiotis ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; CORTICOSTEROID; ENOXAPARIN; ILOPROST; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STANOZOLOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALGORITHM; BONE GRAFT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; GENE MUTATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; FEMUR HEAD; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT FAILURE;

ALGORITHMS; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 78651371822     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20101123-19     Document Type: Review

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