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Stage 3 Avascular necrosis of hips
I an suffering from stage 3 avascular necrosis of hips , Diagonosed on 4th nov 17. I have been feeling pain since feb 2017. My question is whether core decompression with TFL grafting would b successfull ? As my pain is getting worse day by day.
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Core decompression with TFL grafting is one of the bone conserving and revascularising options (salvage).
This should be tried first. In case of failure there is always option of Joint replacement left to you.
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Your own bone has no perfect substitute. Therefore choose bone conserving surgery before a joint replacement procedure. It helps drastically if done in ideal cases.
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Will not help , it's trial only , but not definitive
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