Knee osteonecrosis after SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic case-based review.

Pierangelo ZaGiuseppe Francesco PapaliaFabrizio RussoSebastiano VastaGianluca VadalàRocco Papalia

Published in: Annals of joint (2024)

The correlation between COVID-19 and ON remains unclear. Probably post-COVID-19 ON has a multifactorial origin in which factors related to the patient, consequences of COVID-19 and CCS therapy add up to cause a reduction of blood supply and bone vitality until ON is triggered. A greater number of patients is needed to clarify the role of COVID-19 in the etiopathogenesis of knee ON.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
total knee arthroplasty
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
case report
bone marrow
mesenchymal stem cells
postmenopausal women