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Tuesday, 22 December 2015

image based Q.7 - Osteonecrosis head femur



Q. -  The radiograph below depicts an area of osteonecrosis/ AVN of weight bearing dome  of head of femur in a young adult. Which of these classification system is not applicable in this case?

1. University of Pennysylvania
2. Association research circulation osseous
3. Modified New York criteria
4.  Japanese classification








Answer -

New York and modified New York criteria are used for Ankylosing spondylitis as diagnostic criteria.

All others are used for osteonecrosis hip.
The list follows
1. Ficat Arlet classification - most widely used
2. Association research circulation osseous (ARCO)
3. Japanese classification
4. University of Pennsylvania - first MRI based classification

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