Main description:

Collecting and synthesizing all of the most recent literature on Kienboeck's disease from around the world, this comprehensive text aims to provide a more dynamic, nuanced treatment algorithm for this enigmatic condition. Part I consolidates the basic science on Kienboeck's and the lunate, including anatomy, pathology, biomechanics and etiology. Clinical assessment is covered in part II, including radiology, advanced imaging and arthroscopy. The natural history and progression of the condition in children, adults and the elderly is also presented. By far the largest section, part III describes the roles and methods of the various management strategies for Kienboeck's, from minimally invasive techniques to arthroscopic and arthroplastic procedures. The final chapter draws from all of these concepts, establishes a new algorithm and provides a direction for the future. Written and edited by leaders in the field, and including supplemental video features for select chapters, Kienboeck's Disease: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment is a remarkable text that helps unlock this mysterious condition, and will be a valuable resource for hand and orthopedic surgeons, residents and trainees worldwide.

Contents:

Part I: Basic Science.- Osseous Anatomy and Microanatomy of the Lunate.- Vascularity of the Lunate.- Lunate Bone Morphology and Its Association with Kienboeck's Disease.- Wrist Biomechanics as Applied to the Lunate and Kienboeck's Disease.- Pathoanatomy of Kienboeck's Disease.- Etiology of Kienboeck's Disease.- Part II: Clinical Assessment.- Clinical Presentation, Natural History and Classification of Kienboeck's Disease.- Basic Imaging and Differential Diagnosis of Kienboeck's Disease.- Advanced Imaging of Kienboeck's Disease.- Acute Lunate Fractures and Translunate Dislocations.- Arthroscopic Assessment and Treatment of Kienboeck's Disease.- Part III: Management.- Minimally Invasive Techniques for the Treatment of Kienboeck's Disease.- Radial Shortening and Ulnar Lengthening Operations for Kienboeck's Disease.- Radial Closing Wedge Osteotomy for Kienboeck's Disease.- Osteochondral Free Flap Reconstruction of Advanced Kienboeck's Disease.- Scaphotrapeziotrapezoid and Scaphocapitate Fusion in Kienboeck's Disease.- Radioscapholunate Fusion in Kienboeck's Disease.- Lunarectomy and Progressive Capitate Lengthening (Modified Graner Wilhelm Procedure).- Arthroscopic Reconstructive Procedures for Kienboeck's Disease: Arthroscopic Assisted Bone Grafting.- Arthroscopic Reconstructive Procedures for Kienboeck's Disease.- Pyrocarbon Arthroplasty for Kienboeck's Disease.- Wrist Hemiarthroplasty Combined with Proximal Row Carpectomy.- Total Wrist Arthroplasty.- Total Wrist Fusion in the Management of Kienboeck's Disease.- The Future of Kienboeck's Disease: A New Algorithm.