Use of ESWT in avascular necrosis of bilateral femoral heads: case report

A 57-year-old female patient was admitted to the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation with lumbar and left hip pain lasting for 1.5 months. Physical examination and magnetic resonance imaging revealed stage 1 avascular necrosis of bilateral femoral heads. Extracorporeal Shock Wave Ther...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ozgonenel, Levent, Yesil, Hilal, Yesil, Murat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kare Publishing 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5175063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28058315
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/nci.2014.98698
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Sumario:A 57-year-old female patient was admitted to the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation with lumbar and left hip pain lasting for 1.5 months. Physical examination and magnetic resonance imaging revealed stage 1 avascular necrosis of bilateral femoral heads. Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) was utilized for early stage disease and a significant reduction in pain and functional recovery was noted.

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