PURPOSE To evaluate the long-term (> 5 y) outcomes of radial shortening osteotomy and vascularized bone graft in Kienböck disease patients. METHODS In a retrospective study of 16 patients with early stage Kienböck disease, 9 patients with average follow-up of 6.4 years had radial shortening osteotomy (group 1), and 7 with average follow-up of 6.5 years had pedicled vascularized bone graft bas...

BACKGROUND There is no consensus on the best surgical treatment in Kienböck disease. We compared the short-term outcomes of radial shortening osteotomy and capitate shortening osteotomy in patients affected with this disease. METHODS In a retrospective study of 21 patients with Lichtman stage IIIA of Kienböck disease, 12 patients with an average follow up of 3.2 ± 0.6 years had radial shorten...