Affiliation:
1. Maria Lawhorne is a Medical Assistant at The Golla Center of Plastic Surgery and Dermatology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Abstract
Osteonecrosis has become the standardized term for a condition of many and varied etiologies. In this brief review, we note the evolution of the standardization of the condition and we also delve into the intraosseous versus extraosseous etiologies. Additionally, we list some of the more common medications known to cause osteonecrosis.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Colloid and Surface Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry