title: [Ventral vertebral synostosis in adolescents (author's transl)].
abstract: 6 cases of anterior vertebral synostosis in juvenile patients are described. All cases were observed in girls in the age of 11-16 years and together with rapidly developing round back deformity. In 4 patients the synostosis was seen at the first examination already in 2 patients only later. A special form of this deformity is described and therapeutic measures are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D013580:Synostosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Ventrale Wirbelsynostosen bei Jugendlichen.