Mid- to long-term results of modified non-vascularized allogeneic fibula grafting combined with core decompression and bone grafting for early femoral head necrosis

Table 3 Results of fibular grafting for the treatment of ONFH according to the literature

Reference	Year of publication	Number of hips	Treatment measures	Follow-up in months	Success rate (%)
Sotereanos [26]	1997	88	Free vascularized fibula graft	66 months	77.3
Berend [15]	2003	224	Free vascularized fibular grafting	60 months	64.5
Bertrand [16]	2013	52	Vascularized fibular graft	19 months	90.1
Gao [17]	2013	42	Free vascularized fibula graft	42 months	100
Buckley [27]	1991	20	Tibial or fibular autogenous graft,	24 months	95
Yin [22]	2011	14	Free vascularized fibular grafting	18 months	100
Lin [28]	2009	32	Allograft fibula grafting	36 months	93.8
Eward [23]	2012	65	Vascularized fibular graft, free vascularized fibular graft	96 months	60
Zhang [29]	2011	28	Vascularized fibular grafting	48 months	96
Kim [24]	2005	23	Non-vascularized fibular grafting	48 months	87
		23	Vascularized fibular grafting	48 months	78
Plakseychuk [25]	2003	220	Non-vascularized fibular grafting	84 months	86
		123		84 months	30

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