Abstract
The lunatomalacia (kienböck disease) is similar to the old fractures of the carpal scaphoid in clinical features. Now, we carried out the follow-up studies of 8 lunatomalacias and 5 scaphoid fractures, which were operatively treated in our clinic since 1974 till 1981.
The surgical procedure is mainly the shortening of the radius as for lunatomalacia, and the bone grafting (Russe) as for scaphoid fractures.
The result of the broken scaphoid is better than that of the lunatomalacia. And we did the siortening radius on the one case of the old scaphoid fracture, too. The result of this interesting case is excellent.
