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Capitate Shortening Osteotomy for Kienböck’s Disease: A Systematic Review

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NSNatasha SimskeMPMohammed PourghaedCJCole Johnson

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Systematic review evaluates outcomes of capitate shortening osteotomy for Kienböck's disease, suggesting benefits despite high failure rates.

Key Points

  • The research aims to summarize clinical and patient-reported outcomes following capitate shortening osteotomy for early-stage Kienböck's disease.
  • Conducted a systematic literature search in PubMed and CINAHL from 1994 to 2024 on isolated capitate shortening osteotomy outcomes.
  • Included studies with operative, radiological, or functional outcomes and a minimum 1-year follow-up.
  • Excluded articles with concomitant procedures like radial shortening osteotomy.
  • Identified 10 studies that included 141 patients, with an average follow-up of 40.9 months.
  • Visual analogue scale scores improved from averages of 6.9 preoperatively to 1.4 postoperatively.
  • Disease progression occurred in 10.9% of patients, with 78% showing lunate revascularization.

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Simske et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a02c345ce8c8c81e9640917https://doi.org/10.1177/15589447261441826
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