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Lunate fracture healing after partial capitate shortening in Kienböck disease
Sayuri Arimitsu1, Kozo Shimada2, Hisao Moritomo3
1Yukioka Hospital Hand Center, 2-2-3 Ukita, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 530-0021, Japan.
Background:
It is unclear whether lunate fracture types in Kienböck disease correlate with the degree of fracture healing. This study aimed to review the clinical results of stage 3 Kienböck disease treated using partial capitate shortening (PCS) and to evaluate the healing rates of lunate fractures based on the fracture types.
Methods:
Twenty-three patients were clinically and radiographically followed up for >2 years after PCS. The preoperative location and postoperative healing of the lunate fracture were evaluated using plain radiography, computed tomography, and/or magnetic resonance imaging. Results were evaluated using the Kienböck scoring system by Nakamura.
Results:
PCS was clinically effective, demonstrating excellent and good results in 11 and 11 patients, respectively. Pain evaluated using the visual analog scale, wrist extension, flexion motion, and grip strength significantly improved postoperatively (p < 0.01). Fractures were preoperatively detected in all 23 cases. Fracture locations were preoperatively classified into five subtypes based on radiographs: volar pole in five patients, dorsal pole in three, coronal in five, transverse in nine, and ulnar in one. The overall union rate of the lunate fracture was 48%, whereas none of the coronal fractures healed.
Conclusions:
PCS was effective in treating stage 3 Kienböck disease. Coronal lunate fractures had a poor healing rate relative to those of the other fracture types.
Study Design:
Clinical, retrospective study.
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