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Kienböck’s disease: Treatment implications of the wrist-joint tamponade hypothesis
Bengt Mjöberg, Department of Ortopedics, Lund University, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
Author contributions: Mjöberg B wrote this review.
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Corresponding author: Bengt Mjöberg, BSc, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Ortopedics, Lund University, Box 117, Lund SE-22100, Sweden. bengt.mj@telia.com
Received: July 21, 2026
Revised: August 5, 2026
Accepted: August 26, 2026
Published online: September 18, 2026
Processing time: 53 Days and 21.9 Hours
Revised: August 5, 2026
Accepted: August 26, 2026
Published online: September 18, 2026
Processing time: 53 Days and 21.9 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: If pharmacological inhibition of osteoclast activity is initiated at an early stage (while the anatomy of the necrotic lunate is still intact), it is possible that the lunate anatomy can be preserved and further development of Kienböck’s disease avoided.