Does expansion thoracoplasty improve the volume of the convex lung in a windswept thorax?

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 944-947

  Smith, John T ^a   Jerman, Jonathan ^a   Stringham, Jack ^a   Smith, Melissa S ^a   Gollogy, Sohrab ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Monterey Spine and Monterey Joint   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital scoliosis; Lung volume; Thoracic insufficiency; VEPTR

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXPANSION THORACOPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RIB; SCOLIOSIS; THORAX; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTICAL EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC TITANIUM RIB;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBS; SCOLIOSIS; THORACOPLASTY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74249115591     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181c11977     Document Type: Article

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