Comparison of two joint-preserving treatments for osteonecrosis of the femoral head: core decompression and core decompression with additional cancellous bone grafting

Objective Femoral head necrosis (FHN) affects mostly young and active people. The most common operative therapy is core decompression (CD) with optional cancellous bone grafting (CBG). Because little information is available on the long-term results of these procedures, we investigated the effective...

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Main Authors: Michael Woerner, Korbinian Voelkl, Christopher Bliemel, Felix Ferner, Markus Weber, Tobias Renkawitz, Joachim Grifka, Benjamin Craiovan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2023-08-01
Series:Journal of International Medical Research
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/03000605231190453