Treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head by botulinum toxin type A injection to the psoas muscle -A case report

• Published in: Anesthesia and pain medicine (Korean society of anesthesiologists) Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 85 - 90
• Main Authors: Kim, Sung-Yul, Lee, Dong-Hyun, Kim, Sun-Hee, Cho, Yong-Hyun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 대한마취통증의학회 31.01.2017
• Subjects: 마취과학

Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) can cause femoral head depression and cortical discontinuity. Treatment for ONFH remains challenging. We performed botulinum toxin type A injection to psoas major muscle in five patients with radiological femoral head collapse (Association Research Circulatio...