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What is an avascular necrosis?
Hello, I see you are asking "What is avascular necrosis of bone?" Osteonecrosis, also known as avascular necrosis, is a disease resulting from the temporary or permanent loss of the blood supply to the bones. Without blood, the bone tissue dies and causes the bone to collapse. If the process involves the bones near a joint, it often leads to collapse of the joint surface. For more information, you can visit this URL - orthopedicshealth. com/condition/avascular-necrosis-of-bone/c/2404
What is a synonym for bony necrosis?
Bony necrosis is the death of bone tissue caused by poor blood supply. A synonym for bony necrosis is osteonecrosis.
Is Avascular Necrosis and degenerative bone disease the same thing?
No however Avascular necrosis leads to musculoskeletal destruction and disability,
What is the medical term meaning death of bone tissue due to insufficient blood supply?
Infarction is death of body tissue (also known as necrosis) due to insufficient blood or oxygen supply. Ischemia is a related term relating to the decrease in oxygen or blood supply. Gangrene is the condition resulting from bacterial invasion of an area of necrosis.
What is icd-9 code for avascular necrosis of knee?
The best answer I have found so far is 733.40 (aseptic necrosis of bone, site unspecified)
Two types of disorders that srtike the bone?
Two types of disorders that strike the bone are Osteomyelitis and avascular necrosis.
What is avascular necrosis?
Avascular literally means, the cells which lack supply of blood vessels and mostly comprise of Keratins and epithelial layer cells. Necrosis, is biological term for programmed cell death process. So it comes to be, the wearing out of those calls which lack blood vessels are termed as avascular necrosis. it may occur in the bone cells where they are referred to as Ostonecrosis or death of bone cells due to interruption of supply. The causes may range from alcoholism, chemotherapy and steroidal uses.
How can I get information on avascular necrosis?
Avacular necrosis is a disease where there is cell death or necrosis of bone components do to the interruption of blood supply. Without blood the bone tissue will die. This results in collapsing of the bones. If this happens in or around a joint it can lead to destruction of that joint. You can find more information on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avascular_necrosis
What are some symptoms of avascular necrosis?
Avascular Necrosis, or Osteonecrosis, has many different symptoms. Some of the symptoms of this disorder are pain when applying pressure to the affected bone and inability to use certain joints.
What is osteonecrosis?
Osteonecrosis is a condition where the blood supply to a bone is disrupted, leading to bone tissue death. This can result in pain, joint collapse, and limited joint movement. Common sites for osteonecrosis include the hip, knee, and shoulder.
What is the medical term meaning death of bone tissue?
Osteonecrosis is the general term meaning death of bone tissue due to an insuffficient blood supply, infection, malignancy, or trauma.Death of bone tissue to to insufficient blood supply is a subset of osteonecrosis; this more specific condition may be called avascular necrosis (AVN), bone infarction, aseptic necrosis, or ischemic bone necrosis.Osteonecrosis
What is avascularity?
Avascular literally means, the cells which lack supply of blood vessels and mostly comprise of Keratins and epithelial layer cells. Necrosis, is biological term for programmed cell death process. So it comes to be, the wearing out of those calls which lack blood vessels are termed as avascular necrosis. it may occur in the bone cells where they are referred to as Ostonecrosis or death of bone cells due to interruption of supply. The causes may range from Alcoholism, chemotherapy and steroidal uses.
