Cineangiographic study of the venous drainage of the femoral neck in children.
The purpose of the study was to examine the venous flow of the femoral neck using cineradiography, paying special attention to various draining routes and their sensitivity to disturbances. The cine technique served to show that changes seen in various diseases are not artefacts caused by changes of the position of the hip. In normal hips the preferred route for contrast medium was the medial circumflex vein. In internal rotation, flow through the gluteal vein was most easily disturbed, but contrast medium did not flow to the diaphysis. In hips with Perthes' disease, drainage through the veins of the neck was disturbed, and contrast medium flowed to the diaphysis. In postoperative hips the dominating draining route was the lateral circumflex vein.
D002648:Child; D002932:Cineangiography; D005260:Female; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005272:Femur Neck / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006615:Hip / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011187:Posture; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D014680:Veins