The treatment of spine and chest wall deformities with fused ribs by expansion thoracostomy and insertion of vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib: Growth of thoracic spine and improvement of lung volumes

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 17 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Emans, John B ^a   Caubet, Jean François ^b   Ordonez, Claudia L ^a   Lee, Edward Y ^b   Ciarlo, Michelle ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital scoliosis; Early onset spine deformity; Expansion thoracostomy; Lung growth; Rib fusion; Scoliosis; Spine growth; Thoracic insufficiency syndrome; Thoracogenic scoliosis; Titanium rib; VEPTR

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE PROSTHESIS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; EXPANSION THORACOSTOMY; FOLLOW UP; FUSED RIB; HUMAN; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; NERVE PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RIB MALFORMATION; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX DEFORMITY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTICAL EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC TITANIUM RIB;

EID: 24744455883     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000175194.31986.2f     Document Type: Article

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