Vascularized pedicle iliac bone grafts as a hip-preserving surgery for femur head necrosis: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Osteonecrosis of the femoral head was gradually concerned as a global disease for its progression to collapse of the femoral head, ultimately causing the arthritic change. Due to the high incidence of this disease in young people, arthroplasty tends to be suspected for its uncertain long-term efficiency. Vascularized pedicle iliac bone grafts, as a hip-preserving surgery, were regarded as an effective option in hip-preserving protocol since the 1970s. Nevertheless, there exist no unified standards widely agreed as the optimal operative program since the lack and heterogeneity of related studies. Thus, we execute this systematic review to synthesize and analyze existing studies, and further suggest a direction of future researches.

Methods

Data were collected by se

SUBMITTER: Yang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6710879 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature