Osteonecrosis in femur

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Hi Good People:

 

I have a patient, 29 yr old female, who underwent ACL surgery last

year and has subsequently torn her meniscus on the same leg 6 months

ago (while dancing in celebration of her full recovery from the

surgery!!!). We have had good luck healing that, but it turns out

that she is also suffering from what the docs are calling

osteonecrosis on her femur and she is advised to keep all weight off

of that leg for another 6 months - after already being on crutches

since August, poor thing. They are talking of scheduling surgery to

drill little holes into her femur to allow passage ways for the blood

to flow. Needless to say, she would like to avoid surgery.

 

I have had her on Jin Gu Die Shang Wan - she prefers to take the

patents, but now is willing to try powders and even raw if it might

keep the knife away. She is only recently taking the formula with any

regularity, though. Her affected leg is much colder from the knee

down than her good leg, but other than that, she is a very healthy,

balanced person. Pulses are generally thready on the right and

slightly wiry at middle left with both rear positions a little

deficient. Her tongue is unremarkable with slight sublingual

stagnation on the Right, which is the opposite side of her injured knee.

 

Anybody out there had any experience with osteonecrosis? Any

suggestions?

 

Thanks very much in advance,

 

Julia Carpenter, LAc, MSOM

Berkeley, California

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Hi Julia,

Have you checked ITM, they have an article on " AVASCULAR NECROSIS OF THE

FEMORAL "

http://www.itmonline.org/arts/femur.htm

 

Guy

 

2007/11/26, juliacarp <julia.carpenter:

>

> Hi Good People:

>

> I have a patient, 29 yr old female, who underwent ACL surgery last

> year and has subsequently torn her meniscus on the same leg 6 months

> ago (while dancing in celebration of her full recovery from the

> surgery!!!). We have had good luck healing that, but it turns out

> that she is also suffering from what the docs are calling

> osteonecrosis on her femur and she is advised to keep all weight off

> of that leg for another 6 months - after already being on crutches

> since August, poor thing. They are talking of scheduling surgery to

> drill little holes into her femur to allow passage ways for the blood

> to flow. Needless to say, she would like to avoid surgery.

>

> I have had her on Jin Gu Die Shang Wan - she prefers to take the

> patents, but now is willing to try powders and even raw if it might

> keep the knife away. She is only recently taking the formula with any

> regularity, though. Her affected leg is much colder from the knee

> down than her good leg, but other than that, she is a very healthy,

> balanced person. Pulses are generally thready on the right and

> slightly wiry at middle left with both rear positions a little

> deficient. Her tongue is unremarkable with slight sublingual

> stagnation on the Right, which is the opposite side of her injured knee.

>

> Anybody out there had any experience with osteonecrosis? Any

> suggestions?

>

> Thanks very much in advance,

>

> Julia Carpenter, LAc, MSOM

> Berkeley, California

>

>

>