Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head: an Updated Review of ARCO on Pathogenesis, Staging and Treatment.
Jeremy T HinesWoo Lam JoQuanjun CuiMichael A MontKyung-Hoi KooEdward Y ChengStuart Barry GoodmanYong Chan HaPhillippe HernigouLynne C JonesShin-Yoon KimTakashi SakaiNobuhiko SuganoTakuaki YamamotoMel S LeeDewei ZhaoWolf DrescherTae-Young KimYoung Kyun LeeByung-Ho YoonSeung-Hoon BaekWataru AndoHong-Seok KimJung Wee ParkPublished in: Journal of Korean medical science (2021)
Non-traumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) usually affects adults younger than 50 years and frequently leads to femoral head collapse and subsequent arthritis of the hip. It is becoming more prevalent along with increasing use of corticosteroids for the adjuvant therapy of leukemia and other myelogenous diseases as well as management of organ transplantation. This review updated knowledge on the pathogenesis, classification criteria, staging system, and treatment of ONFH.