"Femur Head Necrosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Aseptic or avascular necrosis of the femoral head. The major types are idiopathic (primary), as a complication of fractures or dislocations, and LEGG-CALVE-PERTHES DISEASE.
| Descriptor ID |
D005271
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.852.175 C23.550.717.732.368
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| Concept/Terms |
Femur Head Necrosis- Femur Head Necrosis
- Femur Head Necroses
- Head Necrosis, Femur
- Necrosis, Femur Head
Necrosis, Avascular, of Femur Head- Necrosis, Avascular, of Femur Head
- Ischemic Necrosis Of Femoral Head
- Femoral Head, Avascular Necrosis Of
- Avascular Necrosis Of Femoral Head, Primary
- Avascular Necrosis of Femur Head
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Femur Head Necrosis" by people in Profiles.
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Low Rate of Return to Impact Activity Following Core Decompression for Femoral Head AVN in Military Servicemembers. Mil Med. 2019 01 01; 184(1-2):e243-e248.
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Anticardiolipin antibodies and osteonecrosis of the femoral head. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1997 Dec; (345):174-80.
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General case of the day. Enteropathic arthropathy secondary to Crohn disease. Radiographics. 1995 Jul; 15(4):1021-3.
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Magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvis and hips. Orthopedics. 1994 Nov; 17(11):1053-62.
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Hip arthroplasty in patients with sickle-cell haemoglobinopathy. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1992 May; 74(3):367-71.
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Displacement of an uncemented femoral component after dislocation of a total hip replacement. A case report. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1989 Oct; 71(9):1406-7.
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Osteonecrosis of the femoral head. Orthop Rev. 1988 Jan; 17(1):29-34.