Expansion thoracoplasty improves respiratory function in a rabbit model of postnatal pulmonary hypoplasia

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-161

  Mehta, Hemal P ^a,b   Snyder, Brian D ^a,c   Baldassarri, Stephen R ^a   Hayward, Melissa J ^c   Giuffrida, Michael J ^c   Entezari, Vahid ^a   Jackson, Andrew C ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital scoliosis; Experimental scoliosis; Histology; Pulmonary function; Rabbit model; Thoracic insufficiency syndrome; VEPTR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BONE GROWTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EMPHYSEMA; EXPANSION THORACOPLASTY; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; LUNG VOLUME; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THORAX INSUFFICIENCY SYNDROME; THORAX MALFORMATION; THORAX SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; LUNG; ORGAN SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RABBITS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RIBS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; THORACOPLASTY; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77749324012     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c4b8c7     Document Type: Article

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