Incidence of avascular necrosis of native femur following hip transposition surgery for periacetabular malignancies: a single-centre experience

CONCLUSIONS: The theory that loss of major vascular supply to the femoral head from capsular disruption during hip transposition surgery would lead to AVN in most patients did not hold true as AVN occurred in a small number of patients.PMID:38566283 | DOI:10.1177/11207000241241288

Source: Hip International - April 2, 2024 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Neha Nischal Vineet Kurisunkal Lee Jeys Mark Davies Rajesh Botchu Source Type: research