title: Coexisting avascular necrosis of the scaphoid and lunate.
abstract: Reports of coexisting avascular necrosis of more than one carpal bone are rare. We report coexisting avascular necrosis of the scaphoid and lunate in a 56-year-old woman with no history of using steroids or injury. We treated her with a radioscapholunate fusion with two angled 2.4 mm distal radius plates to stabilise the locking plate. At her 12-month follow up there was no evidence of non-union.
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Korea.
authors: Il-Jung
authors: IJ
authors: Park
authors: Sang-Uk
authors: SU
authors: Lee
authors: Hyoung-Min
authors: HM
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D001174:Arthrodesis / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D001863:Bone Screws; D001864:Bone Wires; D050824:Carpal Joints / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012667:Lunate Bone / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D021361:Scaphoid Bone / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome