osteonecrosis/edema

Background Hip Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common diseases affecting the ageing population. No specific and safe treatment slowing the development of hip OA as reflected in reduced joint space narrowing has been developed so far. Implantation of hip prosthesis has been a great success,

Articular cartilage, similarly to bone tissue, has a high sensitivity to physical stimuli and it has been shown that these are able to significantly modify the cartilage metabolism. There are several methods for applying a physical stimulus to articular cartilage: direct current, pulsed

The investigators' objective is the anatomical analysis of hips studied through MRI, assessing their morphological characteristics and correlating them with the pathology found. A retrospective search was performed using a database of consecutive reports of 137 adults pelvis MRI examinations

Kienbock'sdisease is defined as avascular necrosis of the lunate bone, which may ultimately progress to lunate sclerosis, collapse, and wrist instability. Incidence is highest in males 20-40 years of age, although it may occur in any age group. Kienbock's disease is uncommon in skeletally immature

Orthognathic surgery is a commonly performed surgery to correct facial functional and esthetic deformities. At the Atlantic Centre of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, over 300 of these surgeries are carried out yearly. Orthognathic surgery is comprised of procedures performed

Spinal anesthesia is commonly used for lower body surgery. The injection of local anesthetics in the lumbar intrathecal space allows the desensitization of the lower body by blocking sensory and motor nerve roots. In return, spinal anesthesia causes a sympathetic block which is associated with

Osteoporosis is a systemic bone disease characterized by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue with consequent bone fragility and susceptibility to fractures. Fifty percent of women and 20% of men older than 50 y.o. will have an osteoporotic fracture (fragility fracture).

The multiple properties of the corticosteroids on the inflammatory response, make them a first line election in the treatment of several ocular inflammatory disorders of different etiologies. Within its properties we can mention: the reestablishment of the vascular permeability, decrease of the