Vascularized iliac grafting combined with tantalum rod implantation for osteonecrosis of the femoral head / 中华显微外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the clinical outcome of vascularized iliac bone flap combined with tantalum rod implantation for the treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH).Methods Totally 28 cases (36 hips) of non traumatic avascular necrosis of the femoral head patients from January 2010 to January 2011,which were 15 males and 13 females; a mean age of 40 years (ranged,18-53years),according to ARCO stageseight hips of stage Ⅱ a,ten hips of stage Ⅱ b,nine hips of stage Ⅲ a,nine hips of stage Ⅲ b,adopt to vascularized iliac grafting combined with tantalum rod Implantation for osteonecrosis of the femoral head.The Harris hip score and VAS score of pre-and post-operation was recorded to evaluate the clinical outcome,and to compare observe and analyze the change of postoperative of patients by used three-dimensional gait.Results All 28 cases (36 hips) were followed up 6 ～20 months,averaged 12 months.The results of Harris hip score and VAS score of the 6 months postoperatively and last follow-up were significantly higher than preoperative ones (P ＜0.05).And the Harris hip score of the last follow-up was also significantly higher than the one of 6 months postoperatively (P ＜ 0.05).However,there was no significant different in that of VAS score (P ＞0.05).There were 13 cases in excellent,fourteen in good and 4 in fair with an excellent and good rate of 89.8％,which shows that the extension of time and changes in patients gait tends to normal by three-dimensional gait analysis.Conclusion Vascularized iliac bone flap transplantation combined with tantalum screw was an effective method with high clinical success rate for treatment of younger patients with early-mid stage ONFH.It provided good blood supply and enough mechanical support to reduce the progress of femoral head collapse.