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About 20–30 thousand cases of osteonecrosis are identified in the United States each year and about 10% of hip replacements are performed for a diagnosis of osteonecrosis. It can affect young individuals and frequently complicates trauma at the femoral neck and various rheumatic diseases because of chronic steroid exposure.
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Dalal, D., Malhotra, P. (2018). Osteonecrosis. In: Eltorai, A., Eberson, C., Daniels, A. (eds) Essential Orthopedic Review. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78387-1_158
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