"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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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 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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Two cases of avascular necrosis after prophylactic pinning of the asymptomatic, contralateral femoral head for slipped capital femoral epiphysis: case report and review of the literature. J Pediatr Orthop. 2015 Jun; 35(4):363-6.
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What would you do?: challenges in hip surgery. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2012 Nov; 94(11 Suppl A):70-4.
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Fracture of the modular femoral neck component in total hip arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2013 Jan; 28(1):196.e1-5.
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Do patients return to work after hip arthroplasty surgery. J Arthroplasty. 2011 Sep; 26(6 Suppl):92-98.e1-3.
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Habitual hip joint activity level of the penned EMU (Dromaius novaehollandie). Iowa Orthop J. 2007; 27:17-23.
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Risk of contralateral avascular necrosis (AVN) after total hip arthroplasty (THA) for non-traumatic AVN. Rheumatol Int. 2006 Jan; 26(3):215-9.
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Osteonecrosis of the femoral head. MedGenMed. 2003 May 07; 5(2):29.
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Catastrophic failure of a cemented, collarless, polished, tapered cobalt-chromium femoral stem used with impaction bone-grafting. A report of two cases. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1999 Jun; 81(6):844-7.