[Clinical significance of venous return disturbance in patients with osteonecrosis of femoral head].
To evaluate the correlation of venous return disturbance (VRD), bone marrow edema (BME) and the amount of joint fluid with clinical symptoms in osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH).



Twenty patients (25 hips) with ONFH proved by pathology were parallelly examined by 1.5 T MR and medullograph.



In total 25 hips VRD was observed in 16 hips with medullograph and 13 hips with the clinical symptoms (P <0.05). BME was found in 17 with MRI (P <0.01), and the was found in 15 hips with MRI (Spearman=0.949). VRD were found in 16 hydrarthrus.



ONFH patients with clinical symptoms have VRD, BME and the hydrarthrus. The medullograph is of value in monitoring the development of ONFH.
Chen
Xing-Can
XC
Department of Radiology of 117 Hospital of PLA, Hangzhou 310013, China.
Liu
Miao
M
Pan
Yong-Qing
YQ
Yu
Chen-Hong
CH
Lu
Hong-Jiang
HJ
Du
Ji-Ceng
JC
Chen
Xue-Qun
XQ
D000328:Adult; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004487:Edema / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005270:Femur Head / Q000098:blood supply*; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology*; D014680:Veins / Q000503:physiopathology