TY - JOUR ID - 5817 TI - The Radiological Prevalence of Incidental Kienböck Disease JO - The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery JA - ABJS LA - en SN - 2345-4644 AU - Golay, Saroj K. AU - Rust, Philippa AU - Ring, David AD - The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, The University of Edinburgh, UK AD - Hand and Upper Extremity Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 4 IS - 3 SP - 220 EP - 223 KW - Incidental KW - Kienböck disease KW - Lunate KW - Prevalence DO - 10.22038/abjs.2016.5817 N2 -   Background:To determine the prevalence of incidental Kienböck disease.   Methods: A retrospective analysis of 150,912 radiological reports or images obtained over a five year period was performed of 76,174 patients who underwent a radiograph or computed tomography scan which included the wrist, in Edinburgh and Lothian, UK. Results: There were 5 cases of incidental Kienböck disease and 13 cases of symptomatic Kienböck disease. There were no significant differences in age, sex, ethnicity, comorbidities, smoking status, excess alcohol use or Lichtman stage between the incidental and symptomatic Kienböck groups. Conclusion: The radiological prevalence of incidental Kienböck disease was 0.0066% or 7 in 100,000 patients. UR - https://abjs.mums.ac.ir/article_5817.html L1 - https://abjs.mums.ac.ir/article_5817_e7b48ba64520fa9320e7e486a91f8f70.pdf ER -