Treatment of Non-union Femoral Neck Fractures with Vascularized Fibula Grafting
Abstract：Objective: To investigate the value of transplantation of vascularized fibula intreating non-union femoral neck fractures and preventing ischemic necrosis of the femoral head. Meth-ods:Vascularized heterotopic fibula was transplanted to the anterior-lateral part of the femoral neck.The fibula artery and vein were anastomosised with lateral circumflex artery and vein. Results:Onehundred and twenty-nine cases of non-union femoral neck fracture were treated with vascularized fibulagraft in our hospital from 1982 to 2002. Eighty-seven cases of them were followed up for 3 to 19years with functional and X-ray examination. The percentage of fracture healing and effect were 94. 3and 81.6, respectively. Conclusion:The fibula with blood supply has a synergistic fixation impacton the non-union femoral neck fractures. The fibula is solid enough for supporting the femoral headand preventing it from collapse. The vascularized fibula grafting, by providing blood supply to the af-fected femoral head and neck, could promote the femoral head restoration and reconstruction. In addi-tion, the periosteum of fibula plays a role in fracture healing.
Keywords：femoral neck fracturenecrosis of femoral headfibula graftanasto-mosis
Publication Date：2003-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 18-22 )