11. Open reduction ( which normally strips the periosteum during the dissection ) can lead to avascular necrosis. 12. The synovial fluid in the synovial cavities provides the nutrition for the avascular central area of the disc. 13. Within a month of the injury, Jackson had been diagnosed with avascular necrosis of the hip joint. 14. In 2008, she had a hip replacement following avascular necrosis, perhaps due to her earlier chemotherapy. 15. Histologically, papillary fibroelastomas have branching avascular papillae, composed of collagen, that are covered by endothelium. 16. The cause of NICO is allegedly avascular osteonecrosis ( AO ) ( also known as ischemic osteonecrosis ). 17. The fundus of the eye shows crowded optical discs, tortuous vessels and an abnormal foveal avascular zone. 18. Avascular necrosis ended the career of former Raiders running back Bo Jackson in 1991, after he dislocated his hip.19. Newspapers reported earlier that a dozen former SARS patients have developed another rare, degenerative bone disease called avascular necrosis. 20. Due to the lack of blood flow, the bone dies ( osteonecrosis or avascular necrosis ) and stops growing.
