Open AccessOutcome of painful bone marrow edema of the femoral head following treatment with parenteral iloprost
Author(s) -
R Meizer,
Dominik Meraner,
E Meizer,
C Radda,
F Landsiedl,
N Aigner
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.45321
Subject(s) - medicine , iloprost , femoral head , anesthesia , surgery , edema , prostacyclin
Bone marrow edema (BME) is a common cause of hip pain. The aim of the study was to assess the efficacy of the vasoactive drug iloprost in the treatment of BME of femoral head.