[Etiology of femur head necrosis and coxarthrosis (demonstrated by 166 surgical cases at the Eppendorf University Orthopedic Clinic)]

Surgical therapy had become necessary in 166 patients who had been referred to hospital with the diagnosis of necrosis of the femoral head or osteoarthrosis of hip. In these patients, the osteoarthroses of hip and necroses of the femoral head were observed separately. The secondary osteoarthroses based on a necrosis of the femoral head were classified among the latter group. We also differentiated between the following age groups: 0-20 years, 20-50 years, 50-70 years and over 70 years; the form of therapy also served as a means of distinction.