| Literature DB >> 8444940 |
Y Takatori1, T Kokubo, S Ninomiya, S Nakamura, S Morimoto, I Kusaba.
Abstract
We studied the prognostic value of MRI in 32 radiographically normal, asymptomatic hips in 25 patients at risk of osteonecrosis from glucocorticoids or alcoholism. The early findings were band-like hypointense zones on spin-echo images. No operations were performed. Life-table survival curves showed that femoral heads in which the hypointense zone traversed the middle portion of the head were most at risk of subsequent segmental collapse.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8444940
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bone Joint Surg Br ISSN: 0301-620X