title: [Results of treatment of semilunar bone necrosis. A study of 91 patients].
abstract: The results of nine different methods for treating patients with lunate necrosis were investigated in a retrospective study. The study included seventy-eight of eighty-two operated patients with an average follow-up of five years and thirteen of thirty-five patients conservatively treated were examined at an average follow-up time of nine years. Treatments used were: shortening of the radius, lengthening of the ulna, pisiform transposition, prosthetic replacement, tendon interposition arthroplasty, STT-arthrodesis (scaphotrapezio-trapezoid arthrodesis), denervation of the wrist, wrist arthrodesis, and conservative therapy. The most important criteria for rating the results were pain relief, range of motion, grip strength, and X-ray findings. In the early stages of lunate necrosis with a minus variant of the ulna the best results were obtained by shortening of the radius. In intermediate stages good results could be achieved by tendon interposition arthroplasty. Denervation and STT-arthrodesis can be performed at any stage of the disease and may be combined with other methods. Despite some good results, a search for even better operative methods should continue, because the available techniques, especially in cases of advanced necrosis, do not always lead to satisfactory results.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Handchirurgie und Plastische Chirurgie, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Unfallkrankenhaus, Hamburg.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Buck-Gramcko
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lankers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001174:Arthrodesis / Q000379:methods; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D003714:Denervation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012667:Lunate Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011859:Radiography; D013709:Tendon Transfer / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: Ergebnisse in der Therapie der Mondbeinnekrose. Untersuchungen an 91 Patienten.