ArticleInternational orthopaedics2024
Is COVID-19 an independent risk factor for the development of avascular necrosis of the hip? A retrospective study to evaluate the factors associated with avascular necrosis of the hip in patients who had COVID-19 infection.
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- Impact of COVID-19 on the Development of Femoral Head Avascular Necrosis: A Systematic Review.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- Avascular necrosis or rapid destruction of the hip following hip intra-articular corticosteroid injections: a systematic review.International orthopaedics · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head in High-Risk Male Patients with Severe COVID-19 Treated with High-Dose Corticosteroids: A Prospective Cohort Study Using Screening MRI-How Many Have Been Left Behind?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Multifocal Osteonecrosis in the Hips and Shoulders Bilaterally after Severe COVID-19 Infection Misdiagnosed as Fibromyalgia: A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- Proportion of Avascular Necrosis of Femoral Head in Coronavirus Disease 19 Patients.Annals of African medicine · 2026Article
- Post-COVID-19 Femoral Head Osteonecrosis Exhibits Mast Cell Clusters, Fibrosis, and Vascular Thrombosis: Key Pathological Mechanisms in Long COVID-19 Bone Degeneration.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2025Article
- Osteonecrosis of the femoral head in post-COVID-19 patients: a retrospective comparative study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- The role of NOS3-rs1799983 and NOS3- rs2070744 SNP in occurrence of avascular necrosis as a post COVID-19 complication.BMC medical genomics · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeThe cumulative effect of hyper-coagulative COVID-19 disease and using steroids leads to increased avascular necrosis (AVN) hip incidence. This study aims to correlate the various factors of COVID-19 infection with the occurrence of AVN hip.
methodsIt is a retrospective cross-sectional study of non-traumatic AVN hip patients with a history of COVID-19 infection. A total number of 50 patients satisfied the inclusion criteria. The following details were obtained: (a) patient's demographics, (b) COVID-19: interval of infection and groin pain, duration of symptoms, severity, steroid intake, (c) AVN hip: involved side, Ficat-Arlet staging.
resultsThe mean age was 36.3 years (range: 20-60), and body mass index (BMI) was 25.13 kg/m
conclusionA low-dose steroid intake with moderate to severe COVID-19 infection produces an additive effect on the development of AVN hip. Most affected individuals were adult males, and stage II AVN was the most common, managed with bisphosphonates and core decompression for short intervals.
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