PURPOSE: The study evaluates long-term results in patients treated by valgus intertrochanteric osteotomy (VITO) for partial avascular necrosis of the femoral head (ANFH) after fracture of the femoral neck in adolescent age. Although this method is mentioned in literature frequently, there are only few studies in the literature dealing with it in detail. METHODS: Authors evaluated five patients at the interval of 15 to 20 years following VITO. The mean age of the patients at the time of injury was 13.6 years and at the time of VITO 16.7 years. The studied parameters included resorption of necrotic segment of femoral head, development of posttraumatic osteoarthritis and leg shortening. RESULTS: Comparison of radiographs and MRI scans before and after VITO showed resorption of the necrotic segment of the femoral head and its remodeling in all five patients. However, two patients gradually developed slight osteoarthritic changes. In one patient, remodeling of the femoral head occurred during the first 6 years postoperatively. Subsequently, the patient developed severe osteoarthritis with marked clinical symptoms. CONCLUSION: VITO can improve the long-term function of the hip joint in adolescents with ANFH after a femoral neck fracture, but cannot restore completely the original shape and structure of the femoral head.

Department of Orthopaedics 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University and Military University Hospital Prague U Vojenské Nemocnice 1200 169 02 Prague 6 Czech Republic

Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 3rd Faculty of Medicine Charles University and University Hospital Královské Vinohrady Šrobárova 1150 50 100 34 Prague 10 Czech Republic

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