How to treat femoral head necrosis? 4 treatments to restore the health of the femoral head

How to treat femoral head necrosis? What are the symptoms of femoral head necrosis?

1. Conservative treatment

1. Reduce weight

The early stage of femoral head necrosis is during the aseptic inflammation period. The symptoms are relatively mild at this time. The load on the femoral head can be reduced by braking the joint, and the femoral head can be prevented from being further compressed and causing bone collapse. At this time, crutches, wheelchairs and other items can be used to reduce the burden, and the load on the femoral head should be reduced at ordinary times.

2. Physical therapy

Physical therapy is to improve symptoms and promote systemic function through physical factors such as electricity, light, water, and magnetism. It can also be applied to the treatment of femoral head necrosis. Commonly used methods include hyperbaric oxygen, which improves bone cell hypoxia by increasing oxygen partial pressure, thereby promoting the repair of the affected area. There are also shock waves, which can stimulate blood vessel regeneration, promote bone regeneration, and change bone tissue structure, and have a certain therapeutic effect on femoral head necrosis.

3. Drug treatment

In the early stages of the disease, you can try to use drugs that promote bone regeneration for treatment. Common drugs include alendronate sodium, which is mainly used to prevent femoral head collapse and is also commonly used to treat femoral head necrosis. Femoral head necrosis is essentially an inflammatory disease. When it occurs, there will be symptoms of joint pain. Anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs will also be used during treatment.

2. Surgical treatment

For patients who are ineffective with conservative treatment or whose symptoms are severe, surgical treatment is considered. Surgical treatment includes two categories: surgery to preserve the patient's own femoral head and joint replacement. Surgeries to preserve the patient's own femoral head include femoral head core decompression, vascularized autologous bone transplantation, non-vascularized bone transplantation, and osteotomy.

Causes of femoral head necrosis

Drug stimulation

There are many people in our lives who have to take medication all year round because of diseases, including asthma, rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, and skin diseases.

These patients need to take hormone drugs for a long time, which will cause a large amount of hormones to deposit in the body and induce femoral head necrosis.