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Kienböck’s Disease – A Case Report: Treatment of Two Advanced Cases [PDF]

Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports
Introduction: Kienböck’s disease is a rare and progressive osteonecrotic condition of the lunate that, in the absence of appropriate management, can result in irreversible structural deterioration of the wrist, collapse of the carpal architecture, and ...
Daniel Dos Santos Rocha, Denis Willame, Didier Postlethwaite, Sten Deschuyffeleer   +3 more
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More than Just Type 1 or Type 2: Radiologically and Anatomically Refined Lunate Classification Correlating Ulnar Carpal Alignment and Hamate-Lunate Osteoarthrosis [PDF]

Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
Background: Hamate-lunate impingement or osteoarthritis can be a cause of ulnar-sided wrist pain. In the literature, the lunate has commonly been classified according to the configuration of its distal articular surface into type 1 and type 2, as ...
Wolfram Demmer, Lia K. Fialka, Jens Waschke, Irene Mesas Aranda, Elisabeth Haas-Lützenberger, Riccardo Giunta, Paul Reidler   +6 more
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The association of lunate morphology with the development of wrist pathology in the Saudi population [PDF]

Journal of Family and Community Medicine
BACKGROUND: The lunate bone plays a crucial role in wrist stability and movement; therefore, any disruption to its integrity could significantly impact the function of the hand and subsequently, the quality of life. The variation in lunate morphology has
Asayel A. Alomri, Duaa Y. Alghirash, Enas A. Altuwairqi, Fatimah A. Alquraish, Fatem S. Alibrahim, Radi A. Alsaffar, Syed R. H. Daimi, Tarek M. Hegazi, Khaled B. Awary   +8 more
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Isolated Lunate Fracture in a Child: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online
Isolated lunate fractures in children are exceptionally uncommon. We present a case of a 6-year-old girl with an isolated, displaced lunate fracture after a fall who was treated with semi-open reduction with K-wires, resulting in complete functional ...
Lydian Aliene Huisman, MD, Mike Rüttermann, MD, PhD   +1 more
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Neglected Isolated Lunate Dislocation in a Polytrauma Patient Presenting as Acute Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – A Case Report with Review of Literature [PDF]

Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports
Introduction: Lunate dislocations are uncommon high-energy wrist injuries often missed during initial evaluation in polytrauma settings. Case Report: We present a case of a 40-year-old polytrauma patient who sustained multiple injuries following a road ...
Warid Altaf, Amit Chaudhari, Parag Sancheti   +2 more
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Bone Grafting and Unloading Procedures for Stage 1–3a Kienbock’s Disease [PDF]

Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports
Introduction: Kienbock’s disease is an avascular necrosis of the lunate. Although the etiology is not well known, the progression of the disease from ischemia to lunate collapse to arthritis is well documented.
Gowthaman Chidambaram, Shobhana Rajasekar, Srinivasan Rajappa   +2 more
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What Else Can We Use? Alternative Fixation Methods of the Volar Lunate Facet Fracture of the Distal Radius [PDF]

Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online
Purpose: The anatomy of the “critical corner” in volar lunate facet fractures makes achieving fixation difficult, and standard precontoured volar locking plates may be limited in certain fracture patterns.
Michelle A. Richardson, MD, Matthew V. Abola, MD, Hilary T. Campbell, MD, Theodor Di Pauli von Treuheim, MD, Omri Ayalon, MD   +4 more
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Mechanical Effects of Wrist Position at the Wrist Joint: A Finite Element Analysis [PDF]

Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of wrist joint angles during flexion–extension and radioulnar deviation on stress distribution using finite element analysis.
Takashi Nomoto, MD, Yusuke Matsuura, PhD, Takahiro Yamazaki, PhD, Takane Suzuki, PhD, Seiji Ohtori, PhD   +4 more
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Prospective comparative study of scaphocapitate arthrodesis with and without lunate excision for stage IIIB Kienböck’s disease [PDF]

Arch Orthop Trauma Surg
Galal Hegazy, Mahmoud Seddik, Rashed Emam El-Sadek, Mohamed Gamal, Elsayed Shaheen, Mohammed Alnahas, Ibrahem El-Sebaey, Abdulhamid Elzoghby, Ahmed Darweash   +8 more
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Evolution and identity of synapsid carpal bones [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2020
To date there is little information on carpal bone homology in late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Synapsida. Crucial to the understanding of homology in synapsid carpal elements is the fact that different nomenclatures are used for the carpals of non ...
Susanna Kümmell, Fernando Abdala, Judyth Sassoon, Virginia Abdala   +3 more
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