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Revista Cubana de Ortopedia y Traumatología
On-line version ISSN 1561-3100
Abstract
ALVAREZ LOPEZ, Alejandro and GARCIA LORENZO, Yenima. Classification and diagnosis of the femoral head osteonecrosis. Rev Cubana Ortop Traumatol [online]. 2005, vol.19, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3100.
An updating bibliographic review was made on the controversial topic of femoral head osteonecrosis to go deep into the use of qualitative and quantitative classifications of the affection and to emphasize its diagnostic and therapeutical importance. The usefulness of nuclear magnetic resonance and bone scintigraphy in the diagnosis and evolutive control of the patient was approached.The acetabular affection proposed by different authors was described..
Keywords : Femoral head osteonecrosis; magnetic resonance imaging..