Gluteus medius muscle pedicle bone grafting for treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head

摘要

A method to treat a disease called osteonecrosis of the femoral head which is caused by interruption of blood supply to the femoral head. This method includes several surgical techniques including detachment of bone block with attachment of a portion of muscle called Gluteus medius from the ilium of pelvis, curettage of dead bone from the femoral head through a window made in the femoral neck and head junction, insertion of the bone block into the femoral head and impaction of the bone chips, and reconstruction of the donor site with bone and/or bone substitutes. The purpose of these procedures is to make the femoral head viable by reestablishing blood supply to the femoral head.