Traumatic avascular necrosis | Crack PGIMER 22 MAY 2016

Traumatic avascular necrosis occurs in which # 

A. Neck femur 
B. Surgical neck humerus 
C. Talus 
D. Lunate 
E. Scaphoid

The Answer is. (A) Neck femur ; (C) Talus ; (D) Lunate; (E) Scaphod

• Traumatic avascular necrosis is seen with fractures of

— Neck of femur

— Talus

— Scaphoid

— Lunate bone also

• Non-traumatic cases:

• Alcoholism

• Steroid therapy

• Sickle cell disease

• Pt on anticancer drugs, or dialysis

• Postpartum necrosis