Comparing the Radiologic and Functional Outcome of Radial Shortening Versus Capitate Shortening in Management of Kienböck's Disease. [PDF]
Background: Kienböck’s disease is the avascular necrosis of the lunate bone. There is no consensus on the treatment strategy to avoid joint deterioration.
Mazhar FN +3 more
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Surgical Treatment of Patient with Advanced Kienböck’s Disease: A Case Report
Relevance. For more than a century, many methods of treating Kienböck’s disease have been developed, although none of them could achieve consistently good results. The transposition of the pisiform into the lunate location after removal of the latter, as
V. V. Khominets +3 more
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Proximal Row Carpectomy for Coexisting Kienböck’s Disease and Giant Intraosseous Ganglion of the Scaphoid: A Case Report and Review of the Literature [PDF]
The etiologies of Keinböck’s disease and intraosseous ganglion remain unknown. Both entities are rare and the coexistence of these two pathologies in the same patient and hand is even less frequent. We report the case of a 40‐year‐old man with a longstanding history of martial arts practice (karate) who developed an avascular necrosis of the lunate ...
Miguel Morón +2 more
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Kienbock's disease: A radiological case report
Kienböck's disease is a condition characterized by avascular necrosis of the lunate. It is also known as lunatomalacia and aseptic or ischemic necrosis of the lunate.The aim of this work is to summarize and illustrate, through a case diagnosed in our ...
Reda Taoussi, MD +6 more
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in stage III C Kienböck disease: Time is bone
Kienböck disease, also known as lunatomalacia, is a rare condition which can lead to progressive wrist pain and abnormal carpal motion. We present the case of a 30‐year‐old patient with Down syndrome who came to our observation for treatment of stage III
Andrea N. Cracchiolo +8 more
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Background. The optimal surgical treatment for Kienböck’s disease with stages IIIB and IV remains controversial. A cadaver study was carried out to evaluate the use of coiled extensor carpi radialis longus tendon for tendon interposition and a strip ...
Nazım Karalezli +6 more
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Stage III Kienböck's Disease Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen: the Role of an Unusual Approach to a Rare Condition [PDF]
Kienböck's disease is a rare condition characterised by avascular necrosis of the lunate bone. Its natural history and aetiopathogenesis have not yet been clarified, nor are its triggering factors identified.
Alpuim Costa, D +3 more
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Bilateral Kienböck's disease concomitant with gouty arthritis. [PDF]
A 38-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of pain and stiffness in the bilateral wrist. The pain in right wrist was disabling and severe enough to restrict the daily life activities.
Chouhan D, Shankar V, Ansari MT.
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A Very Rare Fracture: Isolated Fresh Lunate Fracture [PDF]
Lunate fractures are rare and usually occur together with other fractures, dislocations, or ligament disruptions. We want to report an acute fresh isolated lunate fracture without additional ligamentous injury fixated with early surgical intervention.
Bulent Karslioglu +4 more
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Lunatum excision and scaphocapitate arthrodesis in Kienböck’s disease [PDF]
Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare functional results before and after lunatum excision and scaphocapitate arthrodesis (SCA) using an angular stable circular plate in patients with Lichtman’s stage IIIB Kienböck’s disease.
Güzelali Özdemir +5 more
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