Free Vascularized Fibular Grafting Improves Vascularity Compared With Core Decompression in Femoral Head Osteonecrosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Background Management of osteonecrosis of the femoral head remains challenging. Core decompression and free vascularized fibular grafting are commonly used surgical procedures for treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head. Few studies, however, have compared these two procedures in a randomized...

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Published in:Clinical orthopaedics and related research 2017-09, Vol.475 (9), p.2230-2240
Main Authors: Cao, Lu, Guo, Changan, Chen, Jifei, Chen, Zenggan, Yan, Zuoqin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Classification
Clinical Research
Clinical trials
Conservative Orthopedics
Decompression
Decompression, Surgical - methods
Female
Femur
Femur Head - blood supply
Femur Head - surgery
Femur Head Necrosis - diagnostic imaging
Femur Head Necrosis - surgery
Fibula - blood supply
Fibula - transplantation
Hip
Hip - blood supply
Hip - diagnostic imaging
Hip - surgery
Hip joint
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Minimal Clinically Important Difference
Orthopedics
Osteonecrosis
Patients
Postoperative period
Single photon emission computed tomography
Sports Medicine
Surgery
Surgical Orthopedics
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult
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