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Brown, Philip Jayson 2012-01-18T09:35:29Z 2013-01-18T09:30:08Z 2011 https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/36428 It is estimated that between 10,000 and 20,000 new patients present with avascular necrosis of the femoral head each year in the United States. The current treatment for avascular necrosis is femoral head core decompression which is used to decrease the intraosseous pressure and promote vascular tissue ingrowth. There are two common techniques of core decompression that show similar clinical success. The objective of this study is to assess the difference in femoral neck strength between the single large bore core decompression and multiple small bore core decompression techniques. en Wake Forest University Anatomical Geometry Avascular Necrosis Bone Mineral Density Core Decompression Femoral Neck Stress Normalization Biomechanical Analysis of Femoral Neck Strength with Respect to Femoral Head Core Decompression Thesis Stitzel, Joel D Smith, Thomas L Lang, Jason E Biomedical Engineering 2013-01-18 open.access