Kienböck Disease: Postoperative Radiographs at Long-Term Follow-Up

Abstract

We present the radiographic results of four patients with Kienböck disease who had undergone a simple lunate excision at 26, 30, 35, and 43 years after surgery.

Keywords

Kienböck disease - radiographs - lunate excision - avascular necrosis

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