Structured Summary
Abstract
Death of a bone or part of a bone, either atraumatic or posttraumatic.
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Synonyms
16 entry terms
- Bone Necrosis
- Bone Necroses
- Necroses, Bone
- Necrosis, Bone
- Osteonecroses
- Aseptic Necrosis of Bone
- Avascular Necrosis of Bone
- Kienbock Disease
- Kienbock's Disease
- Kienboeck Disease
- Kienboeck's Disease
- Necrosis, Aseptic, of Bone
- Necrosis, Avascular, of Bone
- Bone Aseptic Necrosis
- Bone Avascular Necrosis
- Kienboecks Disease
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Aspects Covered
35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
OSTEORADIONECROSIS & FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS are available
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History Note
1977; for KIENBOCK DISEASE, use OSTEOCHONDRITIS 1963-2002
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Previous Indexing
- Bone Diseases (1966-1976)
- Necrosis (1966-1976)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Osteonecrosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010020. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010020
- Osteonecrosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avascular_necrosis
- Osteonecrosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503629