Invasive diagnostic and therapeutic measures are unnecessary in patients with symptomatic van Neck–Odelberg disease (ischiopubic synchondrosis): a retrospective single-center study of 21 patients with median follow-up of 5 years

Background and purpose — Van Neck–Odelberg disease (VND) is a self-limiting skeletal phenomenon characterized by a symptomatic or asymptomatic uni- or bilateral overgrowth of the pre-pubescent ischiopubic synchondrosis. It is frequently misinterpreted as a neoplastic, traumatic, or infectious proces...

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Main Authors: Kristian Nikolaus Schneider, Lukas Peter Lampe, Georg Gosheger, Christoph Theil, Max Masthoff, Robert Rödl, Björn Vogt, Dimosthenis Andreou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medical Journals Sweden 2021-05-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2021.1882237