title: Radial shortening for Kienböck's disease.
abstract: The subjective and objective results in seven patients with symptomatic Kienböck's disease treated by radial shortening demonstrate that this procedure is simple and effective in the early stages of the disease, when there is no arthrosis, wrist collapse or translation. By decompressing the shear stress imposed on the lunate bone, pain was relieved and function improved in almost all patients.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy; D011859:Radiography; D011884:Radius / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*