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What is "AVN?" AVN is short for Avascular necrosis. Today it is more commonly referred to as Osteonecrosis. We shorten it to either ON/AVN, or simply to AVN. No matter what it is called, it remains a very serious bone disease that causes once-healthy joints and bones to die. It often results in chronic pain and limited use of the joints, and therefore has the ability to reduce the patient’s over-all quality of life.
researchers who have discovered much about AVN. Although there is still no cure for this disease, some new treatments exist for it today that were not available as little as 10 years ago. Who are we? We are a totally volunteer, non-profit organization which functions as a support group system and knowledge ‘gathering place’ for AVN patients, by AVN patients, as we help each other to get better, one step at a time. |
The ON/AVN Support Group Int'l Association, Inc.
Osteonecrosis - Avascular necrosis support - Introduction and Mission Statement page
"AVN patients.. Helping each other to get better, one step at a time." |
If you are a person suffering with Osteonecrosis/Avascular necrosis, then you have found the best patient support system in the world for this devastating ailment. Our mission is to help all those with AVN by offering moral support, comfort, and an opportunity to learn all that they can about this destructive bone disease. In addition to this, we are committed to co-sponsoring a very special and new research project with The Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, NY, as we hope to explore the causes of ON/AVN, and perhaps to find a cure. We also wish to make the world aware of AVN and to let people from every walk of life know what it can do to a person's life. Striking more people below the age of 30 than ever before, it is a disease that needs the world's attention. It is a disease that must be stopped. |
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