Talking about the condition, Dr Gautam said, “Avascular necrosis (AVN) or osteonecrosis means the death of bone tissue due to a lack of blood supply. It causes tiny breaks in the bone and causes ...

That pain is the result of osteonecrosis-- also known as avascular necrosis (AVN). It's the same condition that disrupted the career of baseball and football star Bo Jackson. Osteonecrosis ...

The purposes of this study were to evaluate how accurately current imaging modalities predict the quality of the articular surface in avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head and to provide ...

"I didn’t even want to live anymore," said Tannaz. Avascular Necrosis (AVN), often referred to as osteonecrosis, is caused by disintegration in the blood supply to the bone tissue, leading to death.

Many authors believe that the integrity of the articular cartilage is an important factor in the successful treatment of AVN by bone grafting. [2,3,13,14] Malizos et al [3] reported a series of ...