A cross sectional study of outcomes of muscle pedicle grafting in neck of femur fractures and avascular necrosis of femoral head.

Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head is a progressive disease that generally affects patients in the second through fifth decades of life; if left untreated, it leads to complete deterioration of the hip joint. Treatments range from simple decompression of the femoral head, to muscle pedicle bone grafting of the involved area, or by using a vascularized fibular graft with varying degree of success. If the disease have progresses further causing secondary arthritis, Total Hip Arthroplasty may be necessary. We present a study of management of 60 young patients aged less than 50 years having either early stage AVN (stage I and II A/B of Ficat & Arlet classification) or Neck of the femur fractures, treated with quadratus femoris muscle pedicle bone grafting & cancellous screws. With aim To evaluate the results of the above modality in the management of AVN of the hip & neck femur fractures and to study the radiological & functional outcome of the procedure in young patients. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Sanjay Popere, Sumeet Satish Shinde, Rakesh Patel, Abhay Kulkarni. A cross sectional study of outcomes of muscle pedicle grafting in neck of femur fractures and avascular necrosis of femoral head. Injury. 2020 Jul;51(7):1622-1625

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PMID: 32409186

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