Can the second stage femoral head necrosis heal itself?

2. The femoral head necrosis is usually not self-healing.

The causes of 2-stage femoral head necrosis generally include fat embolism theory, intraosseous vascular damage, intraosseous high pressure theory, etc., and the above causes usually cannot disappear gradually with the passage of time, usually can not self-healing. If not treated in time, it may make the disease further develop, easy to cause femoral head cyst, head collapse and other phenomena, affecting daily life.

Patients can be treated by core decompression, non-structural bone grafting, hip osteotomy and other operations, which is conducive to the recovery of bone function.