A scaphoid fracture is a break in a small bone in the wrist called the scaphoid bone. It commonly occurs due to a fall on an outstretched hand. If you've fractured your scaphoid bone, you may ...

Department of Orthopaedics, Yantai Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, China Background: Palmar-divergent dislocation of the lunate and scaphoid is a rare high-energy ...

In sickle cell disease, avascular necrosis (AVN) can occur due to the progressive impairment of blood supply to the bones caused by the sickling process. In AVN, the bone tissue dies and the bone ...

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 ...

Semipronated oblique radiograph of the wrist demonstrates the scaphoid waist and the scaphotrapezial ... of the lunate consistent with avascular necrosis related to ulnar minus variance.

We present a case of a child in middle childhood (6–11 years) diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) who developed glucocorticoid-induced avascular necrosis (AVN) of the navicular bone.

SLAC is most commonly a consequence of undiagnosed or untreated SL ligament injury and rotatory subluxation of the scaphoid bone, resulting in radioscaphoid malalignment, progressive chondromalacia ...

It can also cause weakness in the legs, lower back pain, and stiffness. Hip osteonecrosis: Osteonecrosis, or avascular necrosis, occurs when bone cells die from reduced blood supply, leading to hip ...

or offered to be a pack mule when my shoulders were compromised by avascular necrosis. After shoulder and hip surgery, he didn’t just help me remember my medications, he helped me remember it ...

“Jake LaRavia is progressing through the return-to-play process after being diagnosed with an incomplete scaphoid fracture in his left thumb,” the update emphasized. Although he has been cleared for ...