Two patients are described, each with a fracture-dislocation of the hip combined with a fracture of the neck of the same femur. Open reduction combined with internal fixation was performed in both cases. Eight years later one patient had developed avascular necrosis of the femoral head; no signs of avascular necrosis or associated arthritis have appeared in the other patient after four years. A...

Kienbock's disease, which is an idiopathic osteonecrosis and collapse of the lunate bone, is an uncommon disease in children. This report describes a case of an 11-year-old girl, who presented with avascular necrosis of lunate bone confirmed by radiographic and magnetic resonance imaging evidence. After a short period of casting, the case was fully recovered within one year. The signal change w...

Partial resurfacing of the humeral head with the Hemicap implant has recently become available. Previously, the use of resurfacing in the glenohumeral joint has been used for the treatment of osteoarthritis, cuff tear arthropathy, rheumatoid arthritis, and avascular necrosis. The technique has provided significant pain relief as well as improved function in all pathologies in the available shor...

In this review, we explored the progress of the pathogenesis of Kümmell's disease intravertebral vacuum. Using different expressions of the same disease including 'Kümmell's disease', 'avascular necrosis after vertebral compression fracture (VCF)', 'post-traumatic vertebral osteonecrosis', 'vertebral pseudarthrosis', 'intravertebral vacuum (cleft or gas)', 'delayed vertebral collapse', 'VCF non...

Two patients with stage IIIB Hodgkin's disease are reported, in whom treatment with cytotoxic and corticosteroid therapy was followed by avascular necrosis of the femoral head.