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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 85-B, Issue 7, 969-974.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B7.14155  
Copyright © 2003 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
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Survival analysis of hips treated with flexion osteotomy for femoral head necrosis

W. Drescher, MD, PhD, Orthopaedic Resident1; M Fürst, MD, Orthopaedic Resident1; H. J. Hahne, PhD, Mathematician1; A. Helfenstein, MD, Orthopaedic Resident1; W. Petersen, MD, PhD, Orthopaedic Registrar1; and J. Hassenpflug, MD, Professor and Head of the Department1

1 Department of Orthopaedics, Christian-Albrechts-University, Michaelisstrasse 1, D-24105 Kiel, Germany.

Correspondence should be sent to Dr W. Drescher.

The treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head (FHN) is controversial. It mainly occurs in young patients in whom total hip replacement is best avoided because of an increased risk of revision. The objective of this long-term follow-up study was to evaluate the outcome of intertrochanteric flexion osteotomy as a hip joint preserving operation for FHN.

Over a 19-year period we carried out 70 intertrochanteric flexion osteotomies for FHN in 64 patients. The mean follow-up was 10.4 years (3.0 to 20.3). The overall mean Harris hip score increased from 51 points preoperatively to 71 points postoperatively. Six patients (9%) developed early postoperative complications. A total of 19 hips (27%) underwent total hip arthroplasty at a mean of 8.7 years after osteotomy. The five-year survival rate was 90%. Survival rates of hips in Ficat stage 2 were higher than those in stages 3 or 4. Hips with a preoperative necrotic angle of <200° had a better survival probability than those with a necrotic angle >200°. Our findings suggest that flexion osteotomy is a safe and effective procedure in Ficat stage 2 and 3 FHN, preferably with a necrotic angle of <200°.






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Hip, Knee, Trauma, Upper limb, Foot & Ankle, Paediatrics, Oncology, Spine, Arthroplasty, General