Anatomic variations in femoral head circulation

HIP International

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-312

  Kalhor, Morteza ^a   Horowitz, Kevin ^b   Gharehdaghi, Jaber ^c   Beck, Martin ^d   Ganz, Reinhold ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Legal Medicine Research Centre   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Blood supply; Femur head necrosis; Hip joint; Regional

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR HEAD CIRCULATION; FOVEAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFERIOR GLUTEAL ARTERY; INFEROMEDIAL RETINACULAR ARTERY; JOINT CAPSULOTOMY; MALE; MEDIAL FEMORAL CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY; ORGAN CIRCULATION; PIRIFORMIS MUSCLE; QUADRATUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RISK REDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANATOMIC VARIATION; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864017280     PISSN: 11207000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/HIP.2012.9242     Document Type: Article

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