Abstract
Non-traumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) usually affects adults younger than 50 years and frequently leads to femoral head collapse and subsequent arthritis of the hip. It is becoming more prevalent along with increasing use of corticosteroids for the adjuvant therapy of leukemia and other myelogenous diseases as well as management of organ transplantation. This review updated knowledge on the pathogenesis, classification criteria, staging system, and treatment of ONFH.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | e177 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-15 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Journal of Korean Medical Science |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords
- Avascular Necrosis
- Femoral Head
- Hip
- Osteonecrosis