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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Oncol. 2012 Aug 15;13(9):906–915. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70274-7

Table 3.

Joints affected by osteonecrosis in 143 patients*

Radiologically Diagnosed Clinically Diagnosed Total
Joint # Joints (%) # Joints (%) # Joints (%)
Hip 132 (35·0) 14 (21·9) 146 (33·1)
Knee 147 (39·0) 19 (29·7) 166 (37·6)
Ankle 32 (8·5) 12 (18·8) 44 (10·0)
Shoulder 38 (10·1) 9 (14·1) 47 (10·7)
Elbow 9 (2·4) 5 (7·8) 14 (3·2)
Wrist 8 (2·1) 5 (7·8) 13 (2·9)
Other 11 (2·9) 0 (0) 11 (2·5)
Total 377 (100) 64 (100) 441 (100)
*

Includes all data received by Children’s Oncology Group through December 2010

Heel (5), pelvis (1), femoral diaphysis (4), rib (1)

Surgical procedures (total 139) reported in 62 patients included: 55 total joint replacements (hip 49, knee 6), 23 arthroscopic repairs (hip 2, knee 16, shoulder 5), 43 core decompressions ± bone grafting (hip 22, knee 17, shoulder 4), 1 joint pinning (knee), 2 arthrotomies (1 hip, 1 elbow), and 15 unspecified (hip 4, knee 7, ankle 2, shoulder 1, elbow 1). In addition, 5 joints were treated with steroid injections.