The usefulness of VEPTR in the older child with complex spine and chest deformity

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 468, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 700-704

  Samdani, Amer F ^a   Hilaire, Tricia St ^a   Emans, John B ^b   Smith, John T ^c   Song, Kit ^d   Campbell Jr , Robert J ^e   Betz, Randal R ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DEFORMITY; THORAX DRAINAGE; VERTICAL EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC TITANIUM RIB; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; MALE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB; THORAX WALL;

TITANIUM;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC WALL; TITANIUM;

EID: 77449093926     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-009-0886-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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