Avascular necrosis of the femoral head following trochanteric fractures in adults: A systematic review

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1848-1858

  Barquet, Antonio ^a   Mayora, Gabriel ^a   Guimaraes, Joao Matheus ^b   Suárez, Roberto ^a   Giannoudis, Peter V ^c,d  

^a AEPSM   (Uruguay)

^b INTO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Femoral head; Hip arthroplasty; Trochanteric fractures

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; AVASCULAR NECROSIS OF THE FEMORAL HEAD; BONE DENSITY; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMUR PERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT HISTORY OF RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME TO TREATMENT; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING DIFFICULTY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HIP FRACTURES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84922569483     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.10.054     Document Type: Review

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