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Suggest Treatment For Degenerative Hip Disease

Had an xray that showed signs of possible degeneration in my left hip after pain for a month but not conclusive. Recent MRI and doctors says I have AVN in left hip and need to see an ortho surg. My pain started end of January, peaked end of February when I had xrays, the subsided almost completely by the time I had the MRI. Still just a little stiff but no real limp like I had. Everything I read seems to say that AVN pain would not go away but would progressively get worse. Any opinion on this?
Fri, 24 Apr 2015
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Dear patient
You have got avn of hip and it's good for you that it's diagnosed at early stage. Avascular necrosis of hip is usually progressive and leads to collapse of head with secondary arthritis of hip if not treated early. Treatment at this stage is core decompression surgery. In this procedure hole is made into femoral neck and head so that pressure inside them is reduced and hence revascularization of femoral head occurs. This is effective in many cases but not all. At later stage with complete head collapse and secondary arthritis of hip only option left is hip replacement. You need to consult expert orthopaedic surgeon nearby you and get yourself examined. All the best.
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Suggest Treatment For Degenerative Hip Disease

Dear patient You have got avn of hip and it s good for you that it s diagnosed at early stage. Avascular necrosis of hip is usually progressive and leads to collapse of head with secondary arthritis of hip if not treated early. Treatment at this stage is core decompression surgery. In this procedure hole is made into femoral neck and head so that pressure inside them is reduced and hence revascularization of femoral head occurs. This is effective in many cases but not all. At later stage with complete head collapse and secondary arthritis of hip only option left is hip replacement. You need to consult expert orthopaedic surgeon nearby you and get yourself examined. All the best.