Treatment for AVN

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If you have been diagnosed with avascular necrosis in the hip (early stage)because of the long term use of cortisone is surgery nesessary (i read that dore decomprssion is ideal when diagnosed in the early stages) or will the problem go away whan you stop taking cortisone.

-- Ronel van der Merwe (ronel.vandermerwe@bdsol.co.za), October 20, 2004

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