Multiple extensor tendon ruptures with advanced Kienböck's disease

Jong Woong Park; Sung Kon Kim; Jung Ho Park; Joon Ho Wang; Woo Joo Jeon

doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.11.002

Multiple extensor tendon ruptures with advanced Kienböck's disease

J Hand Surg Am. 2007 Feb;32(2):233-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.11.002.

Authors

Jong Woong Park¹, Sung Kon Kim, Jung Ho Park, Joon Ho Wang, Woo Joo Jeon

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. [email protected]

PMID: 17275599
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.11.002

Abstract

We describe a patient with spontaneous multiple extensor tendon ruptures that were caused by a displaced fragment of the lunate in advanced Kienböck's disease. Complete excision of the lunate, limited carpal fusion, and extensor tendon reconstructions relieved the patient's symptom and restored function.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Humans
Joint Dislocations / etiology
Joint Dislocations / surgery
Lunate Bone / surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Osteonecrosis / complications*
Rupture, Spontaneous / etiology
Rupture, Spontaneous / surgery
Severity of Illness Index
Tendon Injuries / etiology*
Tendon Injuries / surgery