title: [Clinical study on interventional therapy with Chinese and Western medicine for avascular necrosis of femoral head].
abstract: 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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging, General Hospital of Coal Industry Ministry of China , Beijing. wangjun1995@126.com
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Li-Li
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ge
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000527:Alprostadil / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005270:Femur Head / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007269:Injections, Intra-Arterial; D008875:Middle Aged; D010618:Phenanthrolines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D027561:Salvia miltiorrhiza; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D010618:Phenanthrolines; C028972:dan-shen root extract; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator; D000527:Alprostadil