Can Avascular Necrosis reoccur in other parts of the body even when originally caused by trauma?

My son has perthes disease-which is the childrens version of AVN. Foods high in calcium are good. You generally should have a good diet as any extra weight on the hip will cause the joint to wea...

Well the docs are all right, you were living a very unhealthy lifestyle for a long-time, most sequella of smoking do not show up until later in life (20 pack years or so ie packs per day times year...

AVN of the hip is a situation where the head of the femur loses its blood supply. It can happen for a number of reasons, sometimes the cause is unknown. The reason your doctor is not screaming for ...

The commonest avascular necrosis of the metatarsal affects the second metatarsal head, causing pain and limited movement of the joint. The pain is localised to the area of the joint, mainly under t...

I live in the US so I don't much about doctors in India, but I have found a few websites that may help you with treatment options :. From what I've read on these websites, there are seve...

I'm a little unclear here - did you have both previous joint replacements in ONE hip and now have AVN in the other? Or did you have two hip joints replaced due to AVN and now have AVN in a ...

amputation

i am in the same position, i have tried everything to avoid surgery, loracet on the bad days but unfortunatly nothing seems to work for the long term. i am careful about how i walk, get up and down...