Objective: to establish an animal model of femoral head necrosis (FHN) in sheep by interventional embolization.<br>Methods: six adult male black goats were randomly divided into group A and group B. The animals in the two groups were given routine MRI examination before operation, and then the right femoral artery was punctured by Seldinger technique to conduct superselective embolization of the left femoral head feeding artery, and the other side was compared. Experimental goats in group A were treated with iodized oil + gelatin sponge particles for small area embolization, while those in group B were treated with iodized oil + gelatin sponge particles + PVA particles + spring plug for large area embolization. DSA was performed at 1 week after operation, and MRI was performed at 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 8 weeks and 12 weeks after operation. After the last MRI examination, both femoral heads were sacrificed for histopathological examination.<br>result:<br>① General observation: there were no postoperative infection and death in 6 experimental goats; there was no hematoma formation at the puncture point after operation, and the wound healed well; there was no necrosis of soft tissue on the model side. Within one week after operation, the mental and diet of the experimental goats in the two groups were poor, their activities were significantly reduced, and obvious claudication occurred; after one week, the mental and dietary conditions of the experimental goats in the two groups were gradually improved, and their gait also gradually recovered; with the extension of time, the claudication of the experimental goats in group a gradually returned to normal, and the claudication of the experimental goats in group B still existed. Within 2 weeks after operation, the weight of experimental goats in the two groups decreased significantly, with an average decrease of about 3 kg in group A and about 6 kg in group B, and then remained stable.<br>② DSA examination: through intraoperative angiography observation, the femoral head blood supply arteries of goats mainly come from the medial femoral circumflex artery and lateral femoral circumflex artery, the internal iliac artery branches mainly participate in the femoral neck blood supply, and the median sacral artery has no obvious femoral head regional blood supply. Before embolization, DSA angiography showed that the left femoral head feeding artery of group A and group B was well developed; after embolization, DSA angiography showed that the main trunk of left medial femoral circumflex artery was not developed in group A, and there was no obvious feeding artery around the left femoral head; in group B, the middle and lower segment of left internal iliac artery, deep femoral artery and lateral femoral circumflex artery were not developed, and there was no obvious feeding artery around the left femoral head Blood artery development. DSA was reexamined at 1 week after operation, and there was no recanalization around the left femoral head in group A and B.<br>③ MRI examination: at 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks after operation, MRI examination showed that the left femoral head showed high signal on T1WI and T2WI sequence, and low signal on STIR sequence. In group B, MRI examination showed that the signal of the left femoral head was normal at the second week after operation, and abnormal signal changes were found in the bone marrow of the middle and upper segment of the left femur in one goat, with slightly low signal on T1WI, slightly low signal on T2WI and slightly high signal on STIR sequence, and necrosis of the middle and upper segment of the left femur was considered; MRI examination showed that the signal of the left femoral head was still normal at the fourth, eighth and twelfth week after operation, and the signal of the middle and upper segment of the left femur was normal The area of necrosis was the same as before, and the signal was lower than before.<br>④ Histopathological observation: in the pathological section of the left femoral head of goats in group A, the bone trabeculae were orderly arranged, the structure was complete, the bone cells were clearly visible, and one of them showed partial osteolysis; in the pathological section of the left femoral head of goats in group B, partial osteonecrosis and fracture of bone trabeculae were observed.<br>Conclusion: interventional embolization can establish early femoral head necrosis model in sheep, which has the characteristics of small trauma and low animal mortality. At present, there are few related studies. The differences of modeling results between different embolization materials and embolization sites need a lot of experimental data verification, which is worthy of further exploration and improvement.<br>
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