The Scope of Avascular Necrosis in the Vertebral Spine

Subtitle:Or, where Scheuermann, Kummel, Legg, Calve and Perthes meet together

Avascular bone necrosis is a long known entity in medicine. Several aspects become better understood since modern imaging techniques have prevailed in investigation. Following short text focuses on some little mentioned facts and present level of grasp in physiopathology, as it is today.