Long-term results of extracorporeal shockwave therapy and core decompression in osteonecrosis of the femoral head with eight- to nine-year follow-up

Biomedical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 481-485

  Wang, Ching Jen ^a   Huang, Chung Cheng ^a   Wang, Jun Wen ^c   Wong, To ^b   Yang, Ya Ju ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

core decompression; femoral head; osteonecrosis; shockwave

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENOUS FIBULAR GRAFT; ALLOGRAFT; APPLICATION SITE PAIN; APPLICATION SITE SWELLING; ARTICLE; AUTOGENOUS CANCELLOUS BONE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE DECOMPRESSION; ECCHYMOSIS; EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE THERAPY; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HARRIS HIP SCORE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883208824     PISSN: 23194170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2319-4170.104413     Document Type: Article

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