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Avascular Necrosis of the Hip: Historical Perspective

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Insights into Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head

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Alexander Munro in the year 1738 was the first to describe avascular necrosis (AVN) [1]. In the year 1794, James Russel, a Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Edinburgh, published regarding a certain condition of the bone termed as “necrosis,” which was the first description regarding bone necrosis and at that time was solely considered septic in origin [2]. Jean Cruveilhier, a French anatomist between the years 1829 and 1842, recorded the deformation of the femoral head due to vascular damage after traumatic injury and further described the morphogenic changes occurring due to interruption of blood supply [3]. Kragelund in 1886 and Konig in 1888 further published regarding necrosis of the bone as a disease entity [1].

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Dhillon, M., Kumar, V., Kumar, P. (2023). Avascular Necrosis of the Hip: Historical Perspective. In: Kumar, P., Aggarwal, S., Kumar, V. (eds) Insights into Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1346-6_2

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