Combination of hyperbaric oxygen and core decompression therapies improve outcomes in the treatment of hip osteonecrosis.

Introduction: To investigate whether combined treatment of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) and core decompression (CD) result with better outcomes and have an additional influence on health quality scores when compared with HBO alone.

Methods: 63 consecutive patients' 80 hips (43 male, 20 female, 17 bilateral), diagnosed with Stage II Osteonecrosis of the femoral head were included in our study. The mean age at presentation in the HBO and CD + HBO groups were 39.