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Vascular Anatomy and Blood Supply to the Femoral Head

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The vascular anatomy of the femoral head has been already described in many textbooks and studies.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic, Pediatric Orthopaedic and Traumatology, The Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education in Warsaw, Gruca Teaching Hospital, Konarskiego 13, Otwock, 05-400, Poland

    Marcin Zlotorowicz & Jaroslaw Czubak

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Kyung-Hoi Koo

  2. Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Center for Joint Preservation and Replacement, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Michael A. Mont

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Lynne C. Jones

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Zlotorowicz, M., Czubak, J. (2014). Vascular Anatomy and Blood Supply to the Femoral Head. In: Koo, KH., Mont, M., Jones, L. (eds) Osteonecrosis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35767-1_2

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