Review of Current Concepts Femoral of Head Osteonecrosis | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
| Article 26, Volume 70, Issue 8, January 2018, Page 1401-1408 PDF (302.05 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.12816/0044656 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Mazen Ali Alqahtani  ; Abdulrahman Jalwi Korkoman; Lamyaa Omar Saad Al-Gelban; Asma Saad Alahmari; Dhuha Saeed Motlag
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| Collage of Medicine, King Khalid University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: The avascular necrosis (AVN) or osteonecrosis of the femur head (ONFH), an illness with several etiological factors, impacts young populace and otherwise handled prompt, causes the collapse of femur head eventually requiring hip arthroplasty. Objective: the present article aims to provide an overview of epidemiology, pathophysiology of osteonecrosis along with diagnosis methods and non-surgical in early stages and surgical treatment methods. Methodology: Comprehensive search of the literature was conducted in the following databases; PubMed, and SciVerse Scopus for studies published before November 2017. The PubMed database was searched using an algorithm comprising relevant MeSH terms including “Osteoporosis”, “femoral head osteonecrosis” AND “management” “diagnosis”. Conclusion: Osteonecrosis is a destructive pathology that eventually results in bone death through loss of blood to the bone, it involves almost every bone including the femoral head while early start of osteoarthritis could ultimately demand hip arthroplasty when non-operative procedures and joint-sparing treatments fail. Nevertheless, recent technological advances in surgical treatment methods have improved outcomes and should help patients recover from this functionally debilitating joint disease. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Avascular necrosis; Osteonecrosis; Etiological | ||||
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