Patient-specific core decompression surgery for early-stage ischemic necrosis of the femoral head.

INTRODUCTION:Core decompression is an efficient treatment for early stage ischemic necrosis of the femoral head. In conventional procedures, the pre-operative X-ray only shows one plane of the ischemic area, which often results in inaccurate drilling. This paper introduces a new method that uses com...

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Main Authors: Wei Wang, Wei Hu, Pei Yang, Xiao Qian Dang, Xiao Hui Li, Kun Zheng Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5413021?pdf=render