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Table 5 Conversion to THA

From: Mid-term outcomes of arthroscopic-assisted Core decompression of Precollapse osteonecrosis of femoral head—minimum of 5 year follow-up

 

Conversion to THA

No THA

p-value

Mechanical Symptoms

1/4

3/4

0.55

Ficat-Alret Stage:

  

0.03*

 Stage I

0/3

3/3

0.18

 Stage IIa

1/4

3/4

0.55

 Stage IIb

4/4

0/4

0.015*

Risk Factors

 Inhaled Corticosteroid

2/2

0/2

0.18

 Smoking Tobacco

2/4

2/4

1.00

Bilateral Hip Involvement

2/6

4/6

0.57

  1. Mechanical symptoms include locking, catching, and buckling. Statistical testing was conducted using Fisher’s Exact Test for correlation of categorical variables. A p-value less than 0.05 indicated a significant difference
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