Vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib device insertion: Does it improve pulmonary function?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-80

  Gadepalli, Samir K ^a   Hirschl, Ronald B ^a   Tsai, Wan C ^a   Caird, Michelle S ^a   Vanderhave, Kelly L ^a   Strouse, Peter J ^a   Drongowski, Robert A ^a   Farley, Frances A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Congenital scoliosis; Early onset scoliosis; Forced expiratory volume (FEV1); Forced vital capacity (FVC); Infantile scoliosis; Jeune syndrome; Lung growth; Lung reconstruction; Lung volume; Neuromuscular scoliosis; Pediatric; Pulmonary function tests; Residual volume; Scoliosis Research Society; Spinal deformity; Thoracic insufficiency syndrome; VEPTR; Vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PROSTHESIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; TISSUE EXPANSION; VERTICAL EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC TITANIUM RIB;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELLIS-VAN CREVELD SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RIBS; SCOLIOSIS; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 78751559881     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.09.070     Document Type: Article

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