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Aseptic necrosis of the capitate bone in two gymnasts

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kanto Rosai Hospital, Kawasaki-Shi, Japan

H. Nakajima

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kanto Rosai Hospital, Kawasaki-Shi, Japan

Aseptic necrosis of the capitate bone is a rare disease, except in the scaphoid bone and the lunate bone. This report describes an aseptic necrosis of the bone in two gymnasts. In both cases, the necrosis probably resulted from dorsiflexion compression injury in gymnastics. In an attempt to enable these patients to continue athlet ics, partial resection and drilling were performed to give successful results.

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