Patients were not included in the study if they had any of the following conditions: a history of hip-related problems, collapsing femoral heads, bone cancers, or low-quality MRI pictures. Our ...

This paper highlights the difficulties that surround decision making in "middle grade" avascular necrosis of the hip. By showing poor correlation between plain radiography, MRI, and hip ...

If the arthroscopic surface is delaminated, we debride it and perform a core decompression as a palliative procedure before total hip arthroplasty. In the future, contrast MRI scans may be able to ...