ALLMedicine™ Avascular Necrosis Center

Jul 27th, 2021 - Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head (AVNFH) is a disease caused by injury to the blood supply of the femoral head, resulting in a collapse with osteonecrosis and damage to the articular cartilage. Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) h...

Jul 27th, 2021 - Skin flap transfer is an important method to repair and reconstruct various tissue defects. However, avascular necrosis largely affects the success of flap transfer. The sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1PR1) agonist SEW2871 has been proven to...

Jul 21st, 2021 - Vertical femoral neck fractures (VFNFs) are one of the most difficult fractures to stabilize, with high non-union (17%), avascular necrosis (AVN, 21%), and femoral neck shortening (FNS, 29.0%) rates. The objective of this investigation was to dire...

Jul 19th, 2021 - Union of proximal pole scaphoid fracture is challenging because the vascular supply is limited. The avascular necrosis accompanying non-union and progressive fragmentation make surgical reconstruction difficult. The present study aimed to report s...

Jul 15th, 2021 - Osteonecrosis (ON), also known as avascular necrosis, is characterized by the collapse of the architectural bone structure secondary to the death of the bone marrow and trabecular bone. Osteonecrosis may accompany many conditions, especially rheum...

Jul 13th, 2020 - Bone health disturbances commonly occur after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) with loss of bone mineral density (BMD) and avascular necrosis (AVN) foremost among them. BMD loss is related to pretransplantation chemotherapy and radiation e...

May 6th, 2019 - Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is the most common hip pathology in infants. Although its exact pathophysiology remains incompletely understood, its long-term prognosis depends not only on the severity of the dysphasia, but also on the ti...

Mar 6th, 2018 - Bisphosphonate therapy is the mainstay of pharmacological intervention in young people with skeletal fragility. The evidence of its use in a variety of conditions remains limited despite over three decades of clinical experience. On behalf of the ...

Dec 17th, 2019 - In this minimal risk protocol, up to 400 asymptomatic HIV-infected patients and 75 HIV-infected patients with AVN will have MRI scans of the hips in order to determine (1) if avascular necrosis (AVN) of the hip can be identified by MRI scans in HI...

Sep 16th, 2019 - This study will evaluate the long term performance and safety data for the Cadence™ Total Ankle System (CTAS) when used for primary arthroplasty in patients with primary arthritis (e.g. degenerative disease), secondary arthritis (e.g. post-traumat...

Nov 23rd, 2018 - If you have started on prednisone 30mg or greater and expect to be on it for greater than two weeks you may be a candidate for the study. Also, you would need to be enrolled in the study within three days of starting prednisone. If you are eligibl...

Nov 6th, 2018 - Periorbital edema and ecchymosis are common morbidities in the post-operative period after rhinoplasty. Lateral osteotomy techniques used to reshape the bony nasal pyramid are large contributing factors to the degree of bruising and edema. This is...

Oct 26th, 2018 - Post-Approval Study of the R3 Biolox Delta Ceramic Acetabular System - US The R3 Ceramic Acetabular System is indicated for use in skeletally mature patients requiring primary total hip arthroplasty due to non-inflammatory arthritis (degenerative ...

Jun 18th, 2019 - ANSWER The radiograph shows no evidence of an acute fracture. Incidental findings include excreted contrast within the bladder and radiopaque markers from prostatic seed implants.

Sep 13th, 2018 - The presence of neuropsychiatric manifestations was the strongest risk factor for organ damage in a group of patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a study from Hong Kong found. In a multivariate analysis, neuropsychiatr...

Dec 18th, 2017 - Action Points Seven of ten patients with refractory dermatomyositis (DM) or polymyositis (PM) responded to treatment with repository corticotropin injection (RCI), in a small, open label, proof-of-concept study. Note that current treatment for myo...

Jul 5th, 2017 - Pelvis Pelvic stress fractures are rare and represent only 1. 6% to 7.

Mar 14th, 2017 - Answer 1/5 Identification of hip fracture and initiation of treatment are imperative to avoid such complications as avascular necrosis (AVN). Which of the following groups is most at risk for AVN? Your peers chose: Children and adolescents 0% Teen...