Objective To establ ish an animal model of osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) l ike human. Methods Ten healthy adult three-leg Beagle male dogs weighing (16.0 ± 1.6) kg were conducted as the animal model of ONFH according to the schedule of cryosurgery designed in advance in which l iquid nitrogen, pressurized to 0.5 MPa, was poured into the femoral head for 16.5 minutes. After rewarmed to 0℃ for 10 minutes, the l iquid nitrogen was repoured into the femoral head for another 16.5 minutes. At the end of the follow-up, the results were reviewed by pathologic check. One dog was conducted as control group. Results The first boundary temperature of (—27.9 ± 4.3)℃ was higher than the second boundary temperature (— 31.3 ± 4.7)℃ by —3.4℃ , and there was significant difference (P lt; 0.01). The diameter of the femoral head of (17.7 ± 1.1) mm was l inearly (^ y= — 2.6 － 2.409 x) correlated to boundary temperature by Pearson analysis, and the R rate was —0.977 (P lt; 0.05). Four dogs in experimental group progressed to collapse of the femoral head l ike human in the 6th month after operation. The rate of the femoral head collapse rose to 44.4%. In the control group, osteonecrosis was never found. Conclusion Cryosurgcry for osteonecrosis of the femoral head in the three-leg canine model may become a method to establ ish an animal model of ONFH l ike human.
Citation： XU Jun,ZHANG Changqing,SUN Jianqi,ZHANG Aili. CRYOSURGERY FOR OSTEONECROSIS OF THE FEMORAL HEAD IN THREE-LEG CANINE MODEL. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2008, 22(10): 1165-1168. doi: Copy