Fusionless instrumentation systems for congenital scoliosis: Expandable spinal rods and vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib in the management of congenital spine deformities in the growing child

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1800-1807

  Yazici, Muharrem ^b   Emans, John ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Congenital spine deformity; Growing rod; Surgery; Thoracic expansion; Thoracic insufficiency

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; RIB; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; THORAX DRAINAGE; VERTICAL EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC TITANIUM RIB;

CHILD; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RIBS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; THORACOSTOMY; THORAX; TITANIUM;

EID: 68949100170     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181978ec9     Document Type: Review

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