Combining autologous bone marrow buffy coat and angioconductive bioceramic rod grafting with advanced core decompression improves short-term outcomes in early avascular necrosis of the femoral head: a prospective, randomized, comparative study

Table 2 Pain-related outcomes and functional outcomes after surgery

Variable	Group A (N = 17)	Group B (N = 23)	P value
Pain scores	31.8 ± 10.5	26.9 ± 12.0	0.133
Function scores	52.3 ± 6.5	45.9 ± 13.9	0.032*
Harris Hip Scores	84.1 ± 14.2	72.8 ± 24.1	0.041*
Overall evaluation			0.052
Excellent	10 (45.4%)	9 (31.1%)
Good	6 (27.3%)	4 (13.8%)
Medium	6 (27.3%)	11 (37.9%)
Poor	0 (0)	5 (17.2%)

Group A, bone marrow buffy coat graft group; group B, control group. Segments with significant statistical differences (*P < 0.05) between the groups were marked with an asterisk

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