Treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head with free vascularized fibular grafting. A long-term follow-up study of one hundred and three hips.
Authors:
- Philip G. CooganPCPhilip G. Coogan
- Eunice B. GunnesonEGEunice B. Gunneson
- J A NunleyJNJ A Nunley
- 1 May 1995
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 77 (5) , 681-694
Abstract
The results for 103 consecutive hips (eighty-nine patients) that had been treated with free vascularized fibular grafting because of symptomatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head were reviewed in a prospective study. The disease was associated with consumption of alcohol in 30 per cent of thKeywords
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