Disease or Syndrome
Kienbock disease
Also called:
Kienbock's Disease
Definitions related to kienbock disease:
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(morbus kienboeck) Morbus Kienboeck is a Juvenile aseptic necrosis affecting the Os lunatum.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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Osteonecrosis of the lunate.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Kienb�ck disease is avascular necrosis of the lunate bone. Symptoms include wrist pain and tenderness. Diagnosis is with imaging. Treatment is with various surgical procedures.Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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Kienb�ck disease is a condition of uncertain etiology that results in osteonecrosis of the carpal lunate. Recent studies Gay et al evaluated the use of a simple capitate osteotomy without arthrodesis, through a dorsal medial approach and fixed with staples, in 11 patients with mild forms (stage I to IIIA, Lichtman classification) of...WebMD, 2019
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Kienbock's disease causes one of the bones in the wrist (lunate bone) to slowly break down due to low blood supply. This process is called osteonecrosis. Symptoms include pain, swelling, limited movement, and decreased grip strength. The symptoms usually start in adulthood, but can occur at any age. Kienbock's disease usually slowly gets...National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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