Credit: Getty Images Avascular necrosis is a type of osteonecrosis resulting from a disruption in blood supply to the proximal femur and is a major complication associated with developmental hip ...

Several factors, such as immobilization, metabolic bone disease and immunosuppressive drugs, can compromise the quality of bone in children who have undergone solid organ transplantation. In contrast ...

Q: My mom is 61. She started having hip pain and figured it meant a hip replacement surgery at some point in the future. When she saw her doctor, the tests showed osteonecrosis, and the surgery had to ...

Agarwala, S. and Vijayvargiya, M. (2025) Additional Dose of Zolendronic Acid for Inadequate Response in Avascular Necrosis. Open Journal of Orthopedics, 15, 413-420. doi: 10.4236/ojo.2025.1511042 .

Dear Doctors: My mom is 61. She started having hip pain and figured it meant a hip replacement surgery at some point in the future. When she saw her doctor, the tests showed osteonecrosis, and the ...

Throughout medical school and into residency, Edward “Donnell” Ivy, MD, MPH, wanted to become a pediatrician, so he could help children avoid the suffering he’d experienced as a child with sickle cell ...