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"The French orthopaedic surgeon R Paul Ficat (1917-1986 ⁴)in association with Professor Jacques Arlet devised a system of staging idiopathic osteonecrosis of the femoral head in the late 1970s based on two fundamental concepts ²:"

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List Caps

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"Steinberg staging"

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Acronyms

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"ARCO classification"

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Biographical Lifespan

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"History and etymology"

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