| What is Osteonecrosis | | | | necrosis, aseptic necrosis, ischemic necrosis , and |
| Osteonecrosis comes from the Greek words for | | | | osteochondritis dissecans , all of which are |
| bone (osteo) and death (necrosis), a concept first | | | | commonly used in the medical literature. |
| put forward by Hippocrates in antiquity. | | | | In 1794, the first modern-day description of |
| Osteonecrosis term is used to describe cellular | | | | Osteonecrosis disorder was made by James |
| death in bone tissue most commonly related to | | | | Russell. At that time, infectious etiologies were the |
| an interruption of its blood supply and the | | | | primary pathogenic agent. It was only in 1888 that |
| subsequent destruction of its architectural | | | | the term aseptic necrosis of the bone was first |
| structure. Many different terms have been coined | | | | used to describe what we now know as |
| to describe Osteonecrosis, such as avascular | | | | osteonecrosis. |