Radial Shortening

55 Radial Shortening


Indications


Symptomatic Kienböck disease without lunate collapse (stages 0, I, or II) in a wrist with a positive ulnar variance


Technique



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Figure 55-2


Pearl


The osteotomy should be performed in the metaphysis to increase the chance and rate of healing.



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Mar 21, 2017 | Posted by in MUSCULOSKELETAL MEDICINE | Comments Off on Radial Shortening

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