A case of scaphocapitate arthrodesis for a failed lunate prosthesis in kienbock disease – 35 year follow up

Abstract

We report on the clinical history of a young male laborer with Lichtman Stage II Kienbock disease, who underwent a scaphocapitate arthrodesis after a failed silicone lunate prosthesis. After 35 years of follow-up, no further surgical intervention has been warranted despite progression of radiocarpal and ulnocarpal arthritis.

Keywords:

• Scaphocapitate arthrodesis
• Kienbock disease
• arthrodesis
• partial wrist arthrodesis
• Kienbock

Ethical approval

This study does not require institutional review board approval as it is strictly a case report.

Statement of human and animal rights

All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008.

Statement of informed consent

Written informed consent was obtained from our patient. In addition, all patient presented information is not identifiable and no risk or harm was incurred by the patient as a result of the study.

Disclosure statement

The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, aurthorship, and/or publication of this article.

The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.