Jd. Spencer et al., A SURVEY OF DEGENERATIVE ARTERIAL CHANGE IN THE CAPSULE OF THE HIP-JOINT IN DIFFERENT DISEASE STATES, Clinical orthopaedics and related research, (301), 1994, pp. 191-195
Degenerative arterial disease does affect the ligamentum teres and the
capsule of the hip joint. In this investigation, the frequency of the
se changes was investigated in four groups of patients with hip diseas
e. It is concluded that the highest incidence of all of degenerative a
rterial disease is found in elderly patients with subcapital fractures
and in young patients with avascular necrosis of the femoral head aft
er renal transplantation. The significance of this finding needs to be
investigated further.