Osteonecrosis Risk Factors
Study data from I.J. Diel and colleagues update understanding of osteonecrosis risk factors
Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, February 8th, 2008
Research findings, 'Pathophysiology, risk factors and management of bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw: Is there a diverse relationship of amino- and non-aminobisphosphonates,' are discussed in a new report. According to recent research from Mannheim, Germany, "Reports of osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) in patients receiving long-term bisphosphonate therapy have appeared in the literature since 2003. This condition involves avascular necrotic bone in the area of maxilla or mandibula and there may be a secondary infection."
"Most cases of ONJ have been reported in cancer patients receiving the intravenous aminobisphosphonates zoledronic acid and...
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