Zhou Ming-Wang, Li Sheng-Hua, Guo Tie-Feng
Gansu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu, China.
Zhongguo Gu Shang. 2012 Jun;25(6):525-9.
There are many methods of conservative treatment for early non-traumatic osteonecrosis of femoral head, but still lack of a mature and effective treatment. Gene therapy is a new treatment method for non-traumatic osteonecrosis of femoral head in recent years. This article showed that the non-traumatic osteonecrosis of femoral head related to progress and problems on pathogenesy, molecular biology foundation, exogenous theoretical gene,carrier selection and so on, discussed some problems and countermeasure and future applications.