Avascular Necrosis

Avascular Necrosis
What is avascular necrosis?
Avascular necrosis (also called osteonecrosis, aseptic necrosis, or ischemic bone necrosis) is a disease that results from the temporary or permanent loss of blood supply to the bone.

Avascular Necrosis of the Hip

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Avascular necrosis: (AVN) A condition in which the poor blood supply to an area of bone leads to bone death. The head of the femur is often the site of AVN. Also called avascular necrosis and osteonecrosis.
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What is avascular necrosis?
Avascular necrosis is bone death that occurs when the blood supply to the bones is decreased or stopped. Without an adequate blood supply, the bone breaks down and dies and collapses.

Alternate Names : Avascular necrosis, Osteonecrosis, Ischemic bone necrosis, AVN, Aseptic necrosis
Definition
Osteonecrosis is bone death caused by poor blood supply to the area. It is most common in the hip and shoulder.

Avascular necrosis of the hip may cause pain in your groin. Pain may radiate down your thigh to your knee. Pain is usually worse when standing or walking.
Avascular necrosis of the wrist may cause wrist pain and finger weakness.

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Most commonly, a fracture occurs at the narrowest part of the scaphoid (known as the waist). This is where the blood supply to the scaphoid bone enters.

avascular necrosis - death of tissue due to depletion of blood supply.

Avascular necrosis (Freiberg's disease), a condition that usually affects the second metatarsal head, occurs when a temporary or permanent loss of blood to the feet causes the death of bone tissue. Without treatment, the bone itself may collapse.

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Avascular necrosis represents the final common pathway of several diseases and conditions that damage bone, such as femoral neck fracture (hip AVN), dislocation of the lunate (lunate AVN), scaphoid fracture (scaphoid AVN), ...

Avascular necrosis of the epiphyses of phalanges of fingers or toes, usually familial, beginning in childhood or adolescence, leading to deformity of fingers; also called familial arthropathy of the fingers or toes.
Synonyms: Thiemann's disease.

Avascular necrosis; Osteonecrosis; Ischemic bone necrosis; AVN; Aseptic necrosis
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Avascular necrosis means that the blood supply to the femoral head has been permanently altered by the femoral head slipping. There is no way to identify children at risk for avascular necrosis or to prevent this complication.

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osteonecrosis (avascular necrosis): bone death caused by lack of blood supply to the bone. A hip fracture can happen close to the network of blood vessels that go to the head of the femur.

(Osteonecrosis; Avascular Necrosis; Ischemic Necrosis; Osteochondritis Dissecans)
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Aseptic necrosis (avascular necrosis or osteonecrosis) is a condition that develops when blood supply diminishes to an area of bone and causes bone death.

Marx RE: Pamidronate (Aredia) and zoledronate (Zometa) induced avascular necrosis of the jaws: a growing epidemic. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 61 (9): 1115-7, 2003.
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People with other conditions, such as injury, bone tumors, and avascular necrosis, or a loss of bone caused by a lack of blood supply, may also need a hip joint replaced.

Legg-Calve-Perthes disease is also known as avascular necrosis or Chandler disease in adults. Avascular necrosis is a disease resulting from the temporary or permanent loss of the blood supply to the bones.

Perthes disease (avascular necrosis of the hip)
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) (gradual hip growth plate slippage)
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Avascular necrosis, a condition in which the blood supply to the bone near the joint is interrupted, leading to bone death and eventually joint damage ' The hip is affected most often.

A problem known as avascular necrosis or osteonecrosis of the jaw has rarely developed in people who used these drugs. This is seen more commonly in people with cancer who are given a monthly dose of the aminobisphosphonate.

Sometimes the failure of the pieces of bone to grow back together leads to a problem called avascular necrosis. In avascular necrosis, part of the bone dies because it does not get enough blood.

Aseptic necrosis (also referred to as avascular necrosis or osteonecrosis) is a bone condition that results from poor blood supply to an area of bone causing bone death.

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This is called femoral vascular necrosis or avascular necrosis. This complication may occur depending on the type of fracture and the anatomy of a person's blood supply to the head of the femur bone. This is more common with femoral neck fractures.

Teens with unstable SCFE, however, do have a greater chance of developing other problems, such as stiff hips, early arthritis, leg length differences, or avascular necrosis (where part of the "ball" dies from lack of blood supply).

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Ankle replacement may be better suited for people with near-normal alignment of the ankle, no history of infection in the ankle joint, and no dead bone (avascular necrosis).

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AP radiograph of the ankle reveals a non-united depressed subchondral fracture of the medial talar dome and increased density of the talus due to avascular necrosis.
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Aseptic necrosis: Condition in which poor blood supply to an area of bone leads to bone death. Also called avascular necrosis and osteonecrosis.

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