Italian experience on use of E.S.W. therapy for avascular necrosis of femoral head.
Int J Surg
; 24(Pt B): 188-90, 2015 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
Osteonecrosis (avascular necrosis) of the femoral head is a clinical disease due to a severe bone vascular alteration associated with intense pain and loss of joint function, with an incidence of 0.1% and unknown aetiology. Many classifications exist to describe it and in the final stages the patient will need a total hip arthroplasty. In the early stages, ESWT has given excellent responses. The Neapolitan school studied more than 600 patients who had very good results in I and II stages of Ficat and Arlet Classification, with an improve of outcomes in VAS and HSS scores. Moreover it has shown a complete restoration of the signal intensity of the femoral head in MRI.
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Assunto principal:
Ondas de Choque de Alta Energia
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Necrose da Cabeça do Fêmur
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Diagnostic_studies
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Humans
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En
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Int J Surg
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article