To what extent is surgery necessary for femoral head necrosis? Medically, osteonecrosis of the femoral head is divided into five periods. After suffering from osteonecrosis of the femoral head, if timely and correct treatment is not carried out, then the patient is likely to develop progressively to an advanced stage, where the femoral head will collapse within two years. In fact, there are various treatments for femoral head necrosis, which contain both surgical and non-surgical treatments. The choice of treatment will be made by the doctor according to the stage in which the patient’s symptoms are located. So, in what cases of osteonecrosis of the femoral head can surgical treatment be performed? Here we will talk about: What is the extent of femoral head necrosis that can be treated surgically? It is a critical point, that is, the patient’s symptoms of femoral head necrosis in which stage.” Clinically, doctors usually recommend surgery for patients with stage 3 or later. For this cut-off point of femoral head necrosis, we, the people, understand that the tension of the surface of the femoral head necrosis has not received serious damage. If the egg is intact, it is a little difficult to poke it with your finger, but if there is a crack on the egg, it means that the tension on the surface of the egg has been damaged, and if you poke the egg with your finger, the egg will be easily broken. Our femoral head is similar to this situation, when the patient’s femoral head necrosis symptoms are in the early to middle stage, and there is no microfracture, this time the femoral head necrosis is like the intact egg, its surface tension is still very good, at this stage, or use conservative treatment, doctors will recommend patients through the external use of Chinese medicine and the combination of Chinese and Western medicine, with the improvement of the patient’s lifestyle, correct and reasonable The treatment effect is still relatively good if the joint movement is carried out. If the tension on the surface of the femoral head is damaged and there is a microfracture, the doctor will recommend that the patient must undergo minimally invasive surgery or use artificial joint replacement to restore the patient’s health. Can femoral head necrosis be treated conservatively? In daily life, if you find any discomfort in your joints, you must go to a regular hospital to find an orthopedic surgeon for diagnosis, so as to clarify the cause and the stage of the disease in time.