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  • Title: Resurfacing of the femoral head with fresh osteochondral allografts. Long-term results.
    Author: Meyers MH.
    Journal: Clin Orthop Relat Res; 1985; (197):111-4. PubMed ID: 3893823.
    Abstract:
    Twenty-five fresh osteochondral allografts were transplanted in 21 patients. All except one were for avascular necrosis with segmental collapse of the femoral head. One transplant was in a hip with a Pipkin II fracture-dislocation. Most of the failures were in hips of patients receiving systemic steroid therapy. There was an 80% rate of success in non-steroid-treated patients. The allograft resurfacing procedure seems to be a successful intermediate alternative operation in young patients with avascular necrosis and segmental collapse of the head of the femur.
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