About 5 percent of scaphoid fractures are nonunion. Avascular necrosis can also cause nonunion. X-rays are the primary diagnostic tool. However, up to 25 percent of scaphoid fractures aren’t ...

This week we are going to leave the leg and move into the upper extremity (arm) to discuss a condition that occurs in the wrist and can be significantly debilitating—the scaphoid fracture.

Avascular necrosis (AVN) is the death of bone tissue due to a loss of blood supply. You might also hear it called osteonecrosis, aseptic necrosis, or ischemic bone necrosis. In its earliest ...

Avascular necrosis is a disease that results from the temporary or permanent loss of blood supply to the bone resulting in the death of bone tissue. Avascular necrosis is a painful bone condition ...