Treatment of Aseptic Necrosis of the Lunate Bone (Kienböck Disease) Using a Nickel–Titanium Memory Alloy Arthrodesis Concentrator
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Treatment of Aseptic Necrosis of the Lunate Bone (Kienböck Disease) Using a Nickel–Titanium Memory Alloy Arthrodesis Concentrator
Avascular necrosis of the lunate bone (Kienböck disease) is caused by loss of blood supply of the bone. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a novel nickel-titanium (Ni-Ti) memory alloy arthrodesis concentrator in the treatment of this disease.A consecutive 24 patients with stage IIIb aseptic lunate necrosis were treated with scapho-trapezio-trapezoeid (STT) arthrodesis using...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000001760