Table VII.

Comparison of studies done for muscle pedicle graft in AVN of femur head

Studies	Graft used	Results excellent to good	Poor results
Meyer et al.	Quadratusfemoris Muscle pedicle graft	57% success rate (Harris hip score was not used)	Not mentioned
Bakshi et al.	TFL muscle pedicle bone graft	Excellent: 31%	Poor: 6%
		Good: 53%
		Fair: 10.3%
		(Harris hip score was not used)
Li et al.	Sartorius muscle pedicle iliac bone graft	Excellent: 33%	Poor: 2.9%
		Good: 48.5%
		Fair: 14.7%
Urbanaik et al.	Free vascularized fibular graft	Avg. Harris hip score improved in all case (P ≤ 0.0001) compared with pre-operative values.	Not mentioned
Vaishya et al. (present series)	Sartorius muscle pedicle iliac bone graft	Excellent: 33.96%	Poor: 3.7%
		Good: 45.28%
		Fair: 16.98%