Open AccessDistraction histiogenesis for treatment of Kienbock′s disease: A 2- to 8-year follow-up
Author(s) -
DS Meena,
Narender Saini,
Vishal Kundanani,
Lokesh Chaudhary,
Dinesh Kumar Meena
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.50854
Subject(s) - medicine , distraction , wrist , grip strength , surgery , kienböck's disease , distraction osteogenesis , lunate , neuroscience , biology
Distraction histiogenesis is known to enhance vascularity and stimulate new tissue formation. Its use in Kienbock's disease is not reported in the literature, so we proposed to study the outcome after distraction histiogenesis in treating this condition.