title: [Diagnosis and treatment of transient osteoporosis of the hip].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study diagnosis and therapeutic efficacy of transient oeteoporods of the hip (TOH).
  
  
  METHODS
  From January 2005 to February 2010, 5 patients with TOH were treated with traditional methods. All the patients were male, with an average age of 38.6 years (ranged, 27 to 46 years). The clinical manifestation, physical examination and imageology characteristic was investigated. The therapeutic efficacy was evaluated by Harris hip score.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the patients were followed up, the duration ranged from 12 to 36 months (averaged, 24 months). The Harris hip score before treatment were 63.1, 86.0, 74.9, 63.6 and 64.8 respectively, while after 6 months treatment, the scores improved to 90.5, 94.5, 89.7, 93.9 and 87.8 respectively. Moreover, 6 months later, the abnormal signal disappeared in MR imaging and X-ray.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transient osteoporosis of the hip is a self-resolving condition and a self-limited disease, the expectant treatment is useful for it.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, the Dongyang Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Dongyang 322100, Zhejiang, China. dyyy.xghh@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Guo-Hong
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jun-Biao
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Xing-Long
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Ming-An
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Jian-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Li-Hong
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies