Time elapsed from definitive diagnosis to surgery for osteonecrosis of the femoral head: a nationwide observational study in Japan

Objectives This study documents the time elapsed from the diagnosis of osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) to surgery, exploring the factors that influence ONFH severity.Design Retrospective observational study of a nationwide database.Setting The Kaplan-Meier method with log-rank tests was app...

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Main Authors: Hiroshi Ito, Makoto Osaki, Kenji Ohzono, Sakae Tanaka, Yohei Kawasaki, Wataru Ando, Masaki Takao, Yasuyuki Ishibashi, Nobuhiko Sugano, Daisuke Takahashi, Junichi Nakamura, Goro Motomura, Takuaki Yamamoto, Shinya Hayashi, Etsuo Chosa, Hiroaki Nakamura, Yuji Yamamoto, Yoshihide Nakamura, Michiaki Takagi, Akihiro Sudo, Satoshi Nagoya, Toshikazu Kubo, Yutaka Inaba, Yukiharu Hasegawa, Yasuharu Nakashima, Setsuro Komiya, Yuki Shiko, Yuya Kawarai, Shigeo Hagiwara, Satoshi Nakasone, Masaaki Mawatari, Wakaba Fukushima, Takashi Sakai, Kazuya Ito, Yoshiya Arishima, Yusuke Fujimoto, Kazuo Fujiwara, Takashi Imagama, Yasuhiro Ishidou, Hideya Ito, Juji Ito, Tetsuya Jinno, Tamon Kabata, Nobuhiro Kaku, Ayumi Kaneuji, Shunji Kishida, Seneki Kobayashi, Tokifumi Majima, Naohiko Mashima, Hidenobu Miki, Kazumasa Miyatake, Ryosuke Nakanishi, Takashi Nishii, Takayuki Nishiyama, Yoichi Ohta, Kan Sasaki, Taisuke Seki, Takaaki Shishido, Takeshi Shoji, Takeyuki Tanaka, Tomonori Tetsunaga, Keiichiro Ueshima, Kengo Yamamoto, Takuma Yamasaki, Yuji Yasunaga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2024-03-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/3/e082342.full