For more than 80 years, surgeons have staged an unsuccessful search for a universally
acceptable treatment for Kienböck's disease. It is our contention that no single treatment will …

Congenital, developmental, and acquired wrist deformities predispose patients to
characteristic conditions and their associated debilities. The accurate recognition and …

Kienböck's disease is a form of osteonecrosis affecting the lunate. Its aetiology remains
unknown. Morphological variations, such as negative ulnar variance, high uncovering of the …

PURPOSE: The use of vascularized bone grafts for the treatment of Kienböck's disease may
prevent ongoing lunate collapse and provide relief of wrist symptomatology. This study …

Custom-designed miniature load-cells were inserted into the distal end of the ulna and the
proximal end of the radius in ten fresh-frozen forearms from cadavera. The forces transmitted …

We present a new surgical procedure, metaphyseal core decompression, to treat Kienböck's
disease. Twenty-two patients were treated between 1976 and 1988 and were retrospectively …

We retrospectively reviewed the records of eighty-nine consecutive patients (ninety wrists)
who had had a total arthrodesis of the wrist for the treatment of a post-traumatic disorder at …

Purpose: The correct identification of Lichtman stage 3A and 3B Kienböck's disease is
crucial for treatment purposes. The present study evaluates the reliability of the Lichtman …

Background: The present study was performed to measure changes in radioulnar load-
sharing in the cadaveric forearm following two orthopaedic surgical procedures that often …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the clinical and radiographic results after a proximal row
carpectomy for Lichtman stage III and IV Kienböck's disease at an average 10-year follow …