Kienbocks Disease (Subscribe)  

We have treated a total of 16 cases of advanced Kienböck's disease, stage III and IV by Lichtman's classification, with triscaphe fusion, tendon ball replacement arthroplasty after excision of lunate, proximal row carpectomy as a salvage procedure and limited wrist fusion
Conclusively the proper way to treat advanced Kienböck's disease seems...

Kienböck disease is a condition of uncertain etiology that ultimately results in osteonecrosis of the carpal lunate.
Contents - Introduction Indications Relevant Anatomy And Contraindications Workup Treatment Outcome And Prognosis Bibliography
Synonyms and related keywords: avascular necrosis of the lunate, osteonecrosis of the carpal lunate, wrist injury, wrist pain, lunatomalacia, Kienbock disease

Kienbock’s Disease (lunate malacia) is named after Robert Kienbock, who described the disease process in 1910. The cause of the disease is not definitive, but has been associated with ulnar minus variance, as well as other traumatic injury, ranging from repeated compressive strains to a single traumatic fracture. The histologic...

Kienbock's disease aka/or Carpal lunate osteochondrosis
may cause or feature wrist pain
Kienbock's disease: Definition(s) via UMLS....."Osteonecrosis of the lunate."

Kienböck's disease: an unusual cause of wrist pain in a 13-year-old girl R.T. Hurley, M.D. McKee Can J Surg, Vol. 51, No. 1, February 2008
Kienböck’s disease is a condition that results in osteonecrosis and collapse of the lunate bone. The disease usually presents in adults between the ages of 20 and...

* lunate AVN
* associated with ulnar minus variance