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Factors Associated With the Course of Femoral Head Osteonecrosis; A Retrospective Study
Mansour Abolghasemian1 , Mehdi Ramezan Shirazi2 , Kaveh Gharanizadeh1 , Ali Yeganeh1 , Oleg Safir3 , Allan Edward Gross3 , Mohammad Taghi Ghazavi1
1- Bone and Joint Reconstruction Research Center, Shafa Orthopedic Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , IR Iran
2- Clinical Fellow of Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
3- Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Background: An increased incidence of osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) has recently been observed in Iran, likely associated with the introduction of an illegal, steroid-containing opioid drug, Temgesic. The correlation of risk factors associated with the course of ONFH has yet to be determined.
Keywords: Hip, avascular necrosis, Smoking
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Subject: Knee surgery
Received: 2019/09/9 | Accepted: 2015/05/15 | Published: 2015/05/15
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