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February 2, 2026Journal of Orthopaedic Diseases and TraumatologyOpen Access

Modified Radial Shortening Osteotomy for Kienbock’s

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PNPradeep Kumar NatikarSRSibi RanaRNRakesh A Navale

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Overview

Prospective interventional study shows improved wrist functionality after radial shortening osteotomy in adults, suggesting its effectiveness.

Key Points

  • To evaluate functional outcomes following modified radial shortening osteotomy for Kienbock disease.
  • Conducted a prospective interventional study with ten patients
  • Used modified radial shortening osteotomy, a lunate preserving technique
  • Evaluated range of motion, grip strength, and pain after 1 year
  • Measured outcomes using the Mayo wrist score
  • Statistical analysis performed using IBM SPSS 20.0
  • Average age of participants was 35.2 years, with a mix of dominant and nondominant wrists
  • Significant improvements in pain, grip strength, and range of motion observed after 1 year
  • Mayo wrist score showed excellent outcomes in three patients, good in five, and fair in two
  • Mean Mayo score post-intervention was 84.6

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Natikar et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6980ffe7c1c9540dea812cachttps://doi.org/10.4103/jodp.jodp_5_24
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