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JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-BRITISH VOLUME
Volume 87B, Issue 4, Pages 560-564Publisher
BRITISH EDITORIAL SOC BONE JOINT SURGERY
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B4.15658
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Bone-marrow oedema can occur both in isolation and in association with necrosis of bone, but it has not been shown whether each respond to the same methods of treatment. We treated 16 patients with isolated oedema and 17, in which it was associated with necrosis of the proximal femur, with the prostacyclin derivative iloprost, which has been shown to be effective in the idiopathic form. The Harris hip score, the range of movement, the extent of the oedema as measured by MRI, pain on a visual analogue scale and patient satisfaction were recorded before and subsequent to treatment. In both groups, we were able to show a significant improvement (p < 0.001) in these observations during the period of follow-up indicating that iloprost will produce clinical improvement in both circumstances.
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