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The prognosis of osteonecrosis of the femoral head is related to the location and extent of the necrotic lesion [1–6]. Therefore, several methods have been introduced to quantify or categorize the location and extent of osteonecrosis [1, 7–11].
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Ha, YC., Lee, YK., Koo, KH. (2014). Modified Kerboul Classification System of Necrotic Extent Using MRI. In: Koo, KH., Mont, M., Jones, L. (eds) Osteonecrosis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35767-1_27
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