Journal article
Treatment of old femoral neck and nonunion with free vascularized fibular grafting
Chung-hua wai kʿo tsa chih, Vol.46(1), pp.38-40
01/01/2008
PMID: 18510001
Abstract
OBJECTIVETo evaluate the clinical result of the treatment of old femoral neck fracture and nonunion with free vascularized fibular grafting.METHODSFrom November 2000 to December 2005, 29 cases with old femoral neck fracture and nonunion had been treated by free vascularized fibular grafting with an average follow-up of 28.5 months.RESULTSAll the fracture were healed without any severe complications. And the healing time was 4-6 months (5.6 months on average). During the follow-up, the hips of 28 cases got well-function, and the average Harris hip score was 88.2. One case came about with osteonecrosis of femoral head after one year and finally accepted THA after 2 years.CONCLUSIONSThe free vascularized fibular grafting is a valuable procedure to treat old femoral neck fracture and nonunion.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Treatment of old femoral neck and nonunion with free vascularized fibular grafting
- Creators
- Chang-Qing ZhangJun XuJia-Gen ShengKai-Gang ZhangHong-Shuai LiBing-Fang Zeng
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Chung-hua wai kʿo tsa chih, Vol.46(1), pp.38-40
- PMID
- 18510001
- ISSN
- 0529-5815
- Language
- Chinese
- Date published
- 01/01/2008
- Academic Unit
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Radiation Oncology
- Record Identifier
- 9984303987102771
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