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  • Title: Selective reduction of bone blood flow by short-term treatment with high-dose methylprednisolone. An experimental study in pigs.
    Author: Drescher W, Schneider T, Becker C, Hobolth J, Rüther W, Hansen ES, Bünger C.
    Journal: J Bone Joint Surg Br; 2001 Mar; 83(2):274-7. PubMed ID: 11284580.
    Abstract:
    Treatment with corticosteroids is a risk factor for non-traumatic avascular necrosis of the femoral head, but the pathological mechanism is poorly understood. Short-term treatment with high doses of methylprednisolone is used in severe neurotrauma and after kidney and heart transplantation. We investigated the effect of such treatment on the pattern of perfusion of the femoral head and of bone in general in the pig. We allocated 15 immature pigs to treatment with high-dose methylprednisolone (20 mg/kg per day intramuscularly for three days, followed by 10 mg/kg intramuscularly for a further 11 days) and 15 to a control group. Perfusion of the systematically subdivided femoral head, proximal femur, acetabulum, humerus, and soft tissues was determined by the microsphere technique. Blood flow in bone was severely reduced in the steroid-treated group. The reduction of flow affected all the segments and the entire epiphysis of the femoral head. No changes in flow were found in non-osseous tissue. Short-term treatment with high-dose methylprednisolone causes reduction of osseous blood flow which may be the pathogenetic factor in the early stage of steroid-induced osteonecrosis.
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