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Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (up to Stage IIIC of the Steinberg classification system).
Patients under 55 years of age.
No presence of radiological-documented arthritis of the hip.
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Calori, G.M., Giannoudis, P.V. (2011). Treatment of Avascular Femoral Head Necrosis with Bone Morphogenetic Protein, a Collagen Scaffold and Filtered Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells. In: Giannoudis, P. (eds) Practical Procedures in Elective Orthopaedic Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-814-0_13
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