Kienbock disease: A condition where interruption of the blood flow to the lunate bone (often due to wrist inflammation or injury) in the wrist damages it and impairs wrist movement. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Kienbock disease is available below.
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Osteonecrosis of the lunate. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Kienbock disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Kienbock disease, or a subtype of Kienbock disease,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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