[Clinical study on interventional therapy with Chinese and Western medicine for avascular necrosis of femoral head].

OBJECTIVE

To study the clinical effect of interventional therapy with Chinese and Western medicine for avascular necrosis of femoral head (ANFH).

METHODS

A total of 168 ANFH patients (285 hips) were subjected to interventional therapy with Chinese and Western medicine (prostaglandin E1 injection, uroki-nase and Compound Danshen Injection) and examined by digital substruction arterography (DSA) before and after treatment. The imaging of DSA and clinical effect were observed and compared.

RESULTS

After treatment, hip pain and joint dysfunction were alleviated to different degrees, and the blood vessel count shown by DSA significantly increased. The effect was obviously better in patients of Grade III than in those of other grades.

CONCLUSION

Interventional therapy with Chinese and Western medicine could improve the blood circulation of the femoral head, and is an effective method for the treatment of ANFH.