Histological and Histochemical Study of the Acetabular Articular Cartilage in Avascular Necrosis of Femoral Head
10.4055/jkoa.1995.30.6.1579
- Author:
Chang Ju LEE
;
Soo Jung CHOI
;
Won Ho CHO
;
Ho Guen CHANG
;
Young Ho LEE
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Femoral head;
Avascular necrosis;
Acetabular articular cartilage;
Histological-histoche mical study
- MeSH:
Acetabulum;
Cartilage;
Cartilage, Articular;
Head;
Hip;
Humans;
Necrosis;
Osteoarthritis;
Prognosis;
Weight-Bearing
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1995;30(6):1579-1588
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We studied the degenerative changes of acetabulum, examining the acetabular articular cartilage at weight bearing dome area from the hips of 25 avascular necrosis of femoral head cases. Histological- histochemical studies demonstrated 4 mild, 19 moderate and 2 severe grade of degenerative arthritic change. This has confirm that even in early stage of avascular necrosis of femoral head, there are degenerative arthritis in acetabular cartilage. This may influence the prognosis of bipolar hemiarthro- plasty in avascular necrosis of femoral head patient.
