[Pathological study of Kienboeck's disease].
Besides from diagnosed and undiagnosed fractures of the lunate, one should mainly remember in the pathogenesis of Kienböck disease anatomic propersities and particularly ulnar shortness and relation-ship between the radius and the lunate. These disorders cause an excessive stress on the lunate, producing osteomalacia. Our study of 133 wrists specifies the causative factors.
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D000886:Anthropometry; D015984:Causality; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D012667:Lunate Bone / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology*; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D011884:Radius / Q000473:pathology; D014457:Ulna / Q000473:pathology