Avascular Necrosis (AVN)

National Osteonecrosis Foundation

Arthritis

Arthritis of the Hip Joint (Dr. Herbert D. Huddleston)

Johns Hopkins University--Dr. David A. Bluemke

Arthritis Foundation

Questions and Answers about AVN

Hip Joint Disorders and Diseases

Osteochondritis Dissecans (focal AVN)

Osteochondritis Dissecans:  A Diagnosis Not to Miss (AAFP)

Pediatric Orthopedics, Summit, NJ

Additional Disorders of Childhood Origin (including gait disorders)

Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip

  (DDH), Congenital Hip Dysplasia (CHD)

Early Detection of DDH (AAP--American Academy of Pediatrics)

Perthes (Legg-Calve-Perthes) Disease (childhood AVN)

Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease (AAOS)

Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease utilizing arthrodiastasis with an Ilizarov frame (Nuno Craveiro Lopes M.D. 2001)

Hip and Pelvis, Patient Education:  Periacetabular Osteotomy (Dr. Joel Matta)

THR in Congenital Hip Dysplasia (Rothman Institute)

Developmental Hip Dysplasia (Dr. Jeff Mast)

THR in the Dysplastic Hip (Wheeless' Textbook)

Technical article on false profile view x-ray to assess DDH (pdf file)

Infant Hip Problems (AAFP--American Academy of Family Physicians)

Total Joints ("congenital hip dysplasia" section)

Slipped epiphysis (slipped capital femoral epiphysis)

Total Joints (in English, from Sweden)

Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (AAOS)

Perthes Disease (Pediatric Orthopedics, Summit, NJ)--TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE

Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (Pediatric Orthopedics, Summit, NJ)

Osteochondritis Dissecans--lower extremity (POSNA)

Hip Diseases (at Total Joints)

New use for Mom's physical therapy foam log

Femoro-acetabular impingement

The Osteonecrosis Support Group International

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