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Kienbock's disease in a 6-year-old boy

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Docquier, Pierre-Louis [UCL] Traore, Alidou [UCL] Hugon, Sebastien [UCL]

A case of avascular necrosis of the Innate bone in a 6-year-old boy is reported. This is the youngest child reported in literature with Kienbock's disease. Clinical and radiological healing was obtained with conservative treatment. Non-operative management is recommended in children with avascular necrosis of the lunate bone.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2009
Language Anglais
Journal information "Acta Orthopaedica Belgica (Bilingual Edition)" - Vol. 75, no. 6, p. 832-835 (2009)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Acta Medica Belgica ((Belgium) Brussels)
issn 0001-6462
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - MD/CHIR - Département de chirurgie
UCL - (SLuc) Service d'orthopédie et de traumatologie de l'appareil locomoteur
UCL - (SLuc) Centre du cancer
Keywords Kienbock's disease ; conservative treatment ; children
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Bibliographic reference Docquier, Pierre-Louis ; Traore, Alidou ; Hugon, Sebastien. Kienbock's disease in a 6-year-old boy. In: Acta Orthopaedica Belgica (Bilingual Edition), Vol. 75, no. 6, p. 832-835 (2009)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/34282