Treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head using autologous cultured osteoblasts: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Osteonecrosis of the femoral head is a progressive disease that leads to femoral head collapse and osteoarthritis. Our goal in treating osteonecrosis is to preserve, not to replace, the femoral head. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a patient with bilateral osteonecrosis of th...

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Autores principales: Kim, Seok-Jung, Bahk, Won-Jong, Chang, Cheong-Ho, Jang, Jae-Deog, Suhl, Kyung-Hwan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2279138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18298825
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-58
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Osteonecrosis of the femoral head is a progressive disease that leads to femoral head collapse and osteoarthritis. Our goal in treating osteonecrosis is to preserve, not to replace, the femoral head. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a patient with bilateral osteonecrosis of the femoral head treated with autologous cultured osteoblast injection. CONCLUSION: Although our experience is limited to one patient, autologous cultured osteoblast transplantation appears to be effective for treating the osteonecrosis of femoral head.

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