title: Kienböck's disease.
abstract: Recent anatomic and biomechanical studies have contributed to a better understanding of Kienb  ock 's disease. The operative alternative, if based on a classification of the severity of disease, should provide a more logical and systematic approach to patients with this difficult problem.
mesh_terms: D001174:Arthrodesis; D001178:Arthroplasty / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D012667:Lunate Bone / Q000098:blood supply; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D011884:Radius / Q000601:surgery; D014457:Ulna / Q000601:surgery